ACLS is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care, and immediate post-cardiac arrest care. It also covers airway ...

The guidelines for advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) underwent a comprehensive 5-year update in 2020, but focused updates for 2021 highlight the chain of survival, both in- and out-of-hospital, ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17, 2025 -- The Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit 3 South Unit Practice Council launched the first Surgical Cardiac Advanced Life Support ...

The AHA's ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association ...

I recently had to re-certify my credentials in Advanced Cardiac Life Support. ACLS is a protocol for cardiopulmonary resuscitation that not only uses chest compressions and artificial breathing, but ...

Aug. 12, 2004 — Early access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) doubles the rate of survival to discharge in patients having out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, while implementation of advanced ...

Methods This multicenter, controlled clinical trial was conducted in 17 cities before and after advanced-life-support programs were instituted and enrolled 5638 patients who had had cardiac arrest ...

Q: Please comment on the use of vasopressin and epinephrine in current advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) protocols. Based on recent studies, is there any evidence that one is more efficacious than ...