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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

In 2015, it introduced Basic Life Support (BLS) training and certification for EMS personnel. Instead of actors, Red Cross training videos use actual physicians, nurses, and support staff to demonstrate clinical decision making and teamwork. It also offers a comprehensive “CPR for the Professional Rescuer” course.

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Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

RebelEM

Does the inclusion of patients pronounced dead on scene and the presence of a physician-based EMS organization affect the pooled mortality rate and survival with favorable neurologic outcomes for prehospital TCA? Subcategory data on EMS system type is still extremely variable, given the range of included EMS systems and regions.