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2. 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.

3. American Heart Association - Wikipedia

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   It also carried out a campaign in 2012 to educate more people on how to carry out hands-only CPR. [19] [20] [21] The 2012 campaign, which began in New York City, had Jennifer Coolidge as the spokesperson. [22] In 2013, the American Heart Association issued a joint guideline recognizing obesity as a disease and recommending its treatment by ...

4. Basic life support - Wikipedia

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   The American Heart Association highlights the most important steps of BLS in a "five-link chain of survival." [ 11 ] The chain of survival includes early recognition of an ongoing emergency, early initiation of CPR by a bystander, early use of a defibrillator, and early advanced life support once more qualified medical help arrives.

5. Advanced cardiac life support - Wikipedia

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   Advanced cardiac life support, advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) refers to a set of clinical guidelines established by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the urgent and emergent treatment of life-threatening cardiovascular conditions that will cause or have caused cardiac arrest, using advanced medical procedures, medications, and techniques.

6. City Hall: Hands-only CPR pilot for Southside eighth-graders ...

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   Apr. 12—EIGHTH-GRADERS AT Southside Middle School will receive training in "hands-only" CPR from the Manchester Fire Department beginning in the fall, after the school board approved the pilot ...

7. 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 ...