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ACLS

ACLS is "advanced cardiac life support." I corrected the error in this article where it was asserted that CPR is part of ACLS. CPR is NOT part of ACLS unless given by an advanced healthcare provider such as a paramedic or physician, typically in between administration of cardiac drugs or while a defibrillator is recharging. clarka April 7 2004

CPR is a part of ACLS. But ACLS is not necessarily a part of CPR. MoodyGroove 20:24, 21 February 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove[reply]

ACLS is "Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support" ^{American Heart Association} You must have Basic Life Support (BLS, or colloquially termed "CPR") to even take the course, and even then BLS skills are assessed at the very beginning of the class and if you fail them you cannot continue into ACLS. ACLS can only be taken by clinicians who are able to perform the roles involved; Registered Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Paramedics, Physicians, and their mid-level associates (Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants). ACLS is every aspect of maintaining an emergency from an advanced point of view. It is not a single skill implemented between other skills or interventions; it is the entirety of every skill and every intervention during a cardiovascular emergency. Pulmonological (talk) 22:28, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Removed this sentence

"The effectiveness of the entire set of ACLS interventions has been called into serious doubt."

I downloaded and read the reference provided, and it's clear that it only pertains to ACLS interventions in cardiopulmonary arrest. That is not the entire set of ACLS interventions. For example, when you give calcium gluconate to a patient with life threatening hyerkalemia, you are performing an ACLS intervention. Many therapies geared toward the peri-arrest patient are not called into question. I carried the reference over to the previous statement about the effectiveness of ACLS for cardiac arrest. Best, MoodyGroove 20:24, 21 February 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove[reply]

Section on drowning

I removed this section (that was placed below the references):

Drowning is a major injury burden worldwide causing an estimated 500000 deaths annually [1]. In many countries, including the United States, the incidence of drowning is consistently highest among children younger than 5 years and next highest in those 15 to 19 years old [1]. In 2001, an estimated 4174 persons were treated in a US emergency department (ED) for nonfatal unintentional drowning injuries in recreational settings (including pools and natural bodies of water), and 3372 persons had fatal unintentional drowning injuries [2]. During this period, children younger than 5 years accounted for nearly 50% of US ED visits for drowning, and children 5 to 14 years, an additional 25%. Fatality rates were highest in those children less than 5 years. The etiology of drowning is multifactorial, varying with both age and geographic location [3]. Despite being a leading cause of injury and cardiac arrest in children, the average ED physician will only treat a small number of drowning victims annually.

To me it looks like this was a 'cut' and 'paste' from some other online resource. It also seems out of place in the article. It's all epidemiology and nothing about ACLS care of drowning victims. MoodyGroove 16:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove[reply]

http://www.criticalconceptsusa.com/Courses_Hollywood/ACLS.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Criticalconceptsinc (talk • contribs) 14:06, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ACLS Algorithms, Image Usage

I have added ACLS Algorithms and notes on their usage. The ACLS algorithms used were taken from http://www.resus.co.uk/ (the first image), and http://circ.ahajournals.org/, respectively. These images have no licence, however the images are free to download from either website. Any assistance in creating a licence on wikimedia commons for these images would be appreciated - i'm somewhat new to wikipedia. Thanks again, 16:26, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

2010 Resus Guidelines

Seeing that the ALS guidelines were updated this year, now would be a good time for an update? I'll do as much as I can. My sources are UK based, so if someone could add in some US AHA details that would be appreciated. FinalCoyote (talk) 15:42, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]