title: Performing basic life support.
abstract: It is essential for all health care professionals to be able to perform basic life support, including basic airway adjuncts and automated external defibrillation. All health care professionals have a responsibility to ensure they remain competent to perform resuscitation because prompt intervention can save the lives of many patients.
authors: London Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
authors: Russell D
authors: RD
authors: Metcalfe-Smith
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015996:Survival Rate; D006113:United Kingdom