A Modified Advanced Cardiac Life Support Algorithm

Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines 2011.

The main emphasis in the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines are in the areas of good quality chest compressions, ensuring normoventilation, removal of atropine from the cardiac arrest algorithm, removal of the use of the endotracheal route for drug administration, and renewed focus on the care provided after return of spontaneous circulation. In addition, the need for monitoring of...

Advanced cardiac life support in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

BACKGROUND The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study tested the incremental effect on the rate of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of adding a program of advanced life support to a program of rapid defibrillation. METHODS This multicenter, controlled clinical trial was conducted in 17 cities before and after advanced-life-support programs were instituted and enr...

Factors impacting on quality of prehospital advanced cardiac life support

Advanced cardiac life support: what's new, what's old?

Approximately 300,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States each year. The American Heart Association (AHA) supports implementation of the “chain of survival” to rescue people who experience cardiac arrest in the community. The “chain of survival” consists of early recognition and emergency activation (phone 9-1-1), CPR, defibrillation, and advanced care. Advanced Cardiac L...

Advanced life support update.

INTRODUCTION Cardiac arrest is a common emergency in acute hospitals. The Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Guidelines provide a systematic approach to cardiac arrest recognition, treatment and aftercare. This review provides an update on the current treatment guidelines and identifies areas where these may be strengthened. METHODS The evidence informing the 2005 Resuscitation ...