• Nursing · Feb 2019

    Review

    Update: 2017/2018 AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS guidelines.

    • Karen Jean Craig-Brangan and Mary Patricia Day.
    • Karen Jean Craig-Brangan is the owner of EMS Educational Services, Inc. in Cheltenham, Pa., an instructor at Montgomery County Emergency Medical Services in Norristown, Pa., and an AHA training center manager for Temple University Health System in Philadelphia, Pa. Mary Patricia Day is a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa.
    • Nursing. 2019 Feb 1; 49 (2): 46-49.

    AbstractIn November 2017, the American Heart Association published updates to its adult and pediatric Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation guidelines; one year later, it published updates to its Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support guidelines. This article reviews these updated guidelines and highlights the key changes and how to integrate them into practice.

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