Developing and revising the American Heart Association guidelines for advanced cardiac life support.
Cardiovascular nurses are active participants in implementing emergency cardiac care (ECC) guidelines as advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) providers and instructors. Cardiovascular nurses should play a key role in the ECC guidelines revision process. The article discusses the process of the most recent ECC guideline developments and revisions and describes subsequent changes to ACLs protocols.
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Nursing Administration, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D000572:American Heart Association; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011050:Policy Making; D014481:United States