From among more than 4 million emergency rides to the hospital billed under Medicare, the authors analyzed 31,292 involving cardiac arrest where
advanced life support was provided and 1,643 cardiac arrests where basic life support was provided.
Life Support is a term applied to medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive.1 It is divided into two major components of Basic Life Support and
Advanced Life Support. BLS is the maintenance of the ABCs (airway, breathing, and circulation) through cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), without auxiliary equipment.2
Advanced Life Support entails a higher level of emergency medical care, including invasive techniques such as IV therapy, intubation, and/or drug administration.3 This study took both BLS and ALS.
"We learned so much by participating in the conference through running the four
advanced life support workshops," commented Moslem Hussain, a 3rd year paramedic student.
After going through six months of rigorous tests, the paramedic became the only woman among just a handful of instructors in Great Britain qualified to teach
advanced life support techniques to ambulance crews.
Army aircrews deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom have been equipped with this new-generation aircrew ensemble that provides
advanced life support, ballistic protection, and chemical-biological protection in a system of mission-configured modules.
1, Doctors, by The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health,
Advanced Life Support Group and NSPCC.
that govern
advanced life support include no reference to managing laryngectomized patients.
The SABRE program, which includes faculty from the University of Florida's (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, will focus on the discovery, development and application of the biological aspects of
advanced life support strategies, says Mike Martin, UF vice president for agriculture and natural resources.
"We have felt for some time that there was a call for night work as well as day work and we are in the process of enhancing what we have there now to provide 24-hour
advanced life support. We already have
advanced life support (in Timmins), but it's not 24 hours a day.
Advanced life support, nutritional support, pain control, and the use of skin banks also contribute to more favorable outcomes.
Depending on the institution, certification in pediatric
advanced life support (PALS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) are mandatory.
The Pediatric
Advanced Life Support or PALS course, developed in 1988, has been a most welcome addition to the list of available courses to help prepare health care workers to confidently manage life-threatening emergencies.
