title: Developing and revising the American Heart Association guidelines for advanced cardiac life support.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Administration, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: 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