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  2. Pediatric basic life support - Wikipedia

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    Pediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS) is a rescue procedure which has purpose of preventing the anoxic brain damage by promoting the return of spontaneous circulation and breathing in cases of cardiac arrest. Unlike adult Basic Life Support (BLS), PBLS is dedicated to pediatric patients. It can be practiced by anyone without help of tools or ...

  3. Pediatric advanced life support - Wikipedia

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    Pediatric advanced life support (PALS) is a course offered by the American Heart Association (AHA) for health care providers who take care of children and infants in the emergency room, critical care and intensive care units in the hospital, and out of hospital (emergency medical services (EMS)). The course teaches healthcare providers how to ...

  4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation, or mouth-to-mouth in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.

  5. Broselow tape - Wikipedia

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    The Broselow Tape, also called the Broselow pediatric emergency tape, is a color-coded length-based tape measure that is used throughout the world for pediatric emergencies. The Broselow Tape relates a child's height as measured by the tape to their weight to provide medical instructions including medication dosages , the size of the equipment ...

  6. Advanced trauma life support - Wikipedia

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    The International Trauma Life Support committee publishes the ITLS-Basic and ITLS-Advanced courses for prehospital professionals as well. This course is based around ATLS and allows the PHTLS-trained EMTs to work alongside paramedics and to transition smoothly into the care provided by the ATLS and ATCN-trained providers in the hospital.

  7. Basic life support - Wikipedia

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    Basic Life Support Emergency Medical Services in the United States are generally identified with Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B). EMT-B is the highest level of healthcare provider that is limited to the BLS protocol; higher medical functions use some or all of the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) protocols, in addition to BLS ...

  8. Malaysia commutes death penalty, life terms of 11 drug ... - AOL

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    Malaysia's top court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences and natural-life prison terms of 11 people convicted of drug trafficking, including two Thai nationals, following capital punishment ...

  9. Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns - Wikipedia

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    Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns (ACoRN) is a Canadian resuscitation educational program which focuses on the first few hours of neonatal life. This differs from the Neonatal Resuscitation Program which focuses on the first several minutes. It was developed in Winnipeg, Manitoba.