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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Jun 2011
Practice GuidelineThe 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care: an overview of the changes to pediatric basic and advanced life support.
- Becky Spencer, Jisha Chacko, Donna Sallee, and American Heart Association.
- College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 76204, USA. bspencer@twu.edu
- Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2011 Jun 1;23(2):303-10.
AbstractThe American Heart Association (AHA) has a strong commitment to implementing scientific research-based interventions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care. This article presents the 2010 AHA major guideline changes to pediatric basic life support (BLS) and pediatric advanced life support (PALS) and the rationale for the changes. The following topics are covered in this article: (1) current understanding of cardiac arrest in the pediatric population, (2) major changes in pediatric BLS, and (3) major changes in PALS.Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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