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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). In 2015, it introduced Basic Life Support (BLS) training and certification for EMS personnel.

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Systemic Steroids: An ED Focused Overview

EMDocs

2022 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations: Summary From the Basic Life Support; Advanced Life Support; Pediatric Life Support; Neonatal Life Support; Education, Implementation, and Teams; and First Aid Task Forces.

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

RebelEM

Survival and neurologic outcome after traumatic out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest in a pediatric and adult population: a systematic review. Outcomes with advanced versus basic life support in blunt trauma. Is advanced life support better than basic life support in prehospital care?

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ILCOR goes Annual! AHA gives focused recommendations.

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

What is the impact of dispatch-assisted CPR instructions on cardiac arrests from noncardiac causes such as drowning, trauma, or asphyxia in adult and pediatric patients? The impact of continuous chest compressions on outcomes for cardiac arrests from noncardiac causes such as drowning, trauma, or asphyxia in adult and pediatric patients.

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The importance of AED placement and Stryker’s guide to optimizing accessibility

AED Leader

Programs that teach basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are integral. Always check if an AED has a pediatric setting, as this is vital for treating children. Workplaces: Train staff in basic life support and AED use, ensuring readiness.

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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Initiation of closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation basic life support. Initiation of closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation basic life support. In Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (pp. Springer New York. A personal history. A personal history. Resuscitation , 18 (1), 7-20.