title: Staff development special: a new beat for BLS and ACLS guidelines.
abstract: Under new basic life support guidelines, stroke victims receive the same priority care as those having a heart attack. Revised advanced cardiac life support guidelines encompass changes to algorithms and policies.
authors: Education Department, Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI, USA.
authors: Marilyn E
authors: ME
authors: Asselin
authors: H Allethaire
authors: HA
authors: Cullen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D022561:Advanced Cardiac Life Support / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D000367:Age Factors; D000465:Algorithms; D000572:American Heart Association; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007318:Inservice Training; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States