Performing basic life support.
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.
Metcalfe-Smith
Russell D
RD
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
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