• AACN Adv Crit Care · Apr 2014

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    Cardiac advanced life support-surgical guideline: overview and implementation.

    • Cheryl Herrmann.
    • Cheryl Herrmann is Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialist, Unity-Point Health-Methodist, 221 NE Glen Oak Ave, Peoria, IL 61636 (cherrmann@frontier.com).
    • AACN Adv Crit Care. 2014 Apr 1; 25 (2): 123-9.

    AbstractCardiac arrest in the immediate postoperative recovery period in a patient who underwent cardiac surgery is typically related to reversible causes-tamponade, bleeding, ventricular arrhythmias, or heart blocks associated with conduction problems. When treated promptly, 17% to 79% of patients who experience cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery survive to discharge. The Cardiac Advanced Life Support-Surgical (CALS-S) guideline provides a standardized algorithm approach to resuscitation of patients who experience cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery. The purpose of this article is to discuss the CALS-S guideline and how to implement it.

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