title: [Novelties in advanced life support].
abstract: We present some of the most important developments in advanced life support incorporating the new international recommendations for resuscitation 2010. The study highlights aspects related to prevention and early detection of in-hospital cardiac arrest, resuscitation in the hospital, the new advanced life support algorithm, the techniques and devices for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, post-resuscitation care, assessment of the prognosis of patients who survive initially, and specific aspects of non-beating heart organ donation and the creation of cardiac arrest referral centers.
authors.affiliation: Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pérez-Vela
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: López-Messa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martín-Hernández
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herrero-Ansola
mesh_terms: D022561:Advanced Cardiac Life Support / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D000465:Algorithms; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis