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2020-2025
Guidelines and
Standards
ACLS
Advanced Cardiac
Life Support
Provider Handbook
By Dr. Karl Disque
1 ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support
,ACLS
Advanced Cardiac
Life Support
Provider Handbook
By Dr. Karl Disque
1 ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support
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, TABLE of CONTENTS
Chapter1 Introduction to ACLS . . . . . . . 5
2 The Initial Assessment . . . . . . . 6
3 Basic Life Support . . . . . . . 7
Initiating the Chain of Survival – 7
2020 BLS Guideline Changes – 8
BLS for Adults – 9
One-Rescuer Adult BLS/CPR
Two-Rescuer Adult BLS/CPR
Adult Mouth-to-Mask Ventilation
Adult Bag-Mask Ventilation in Two-Rescuer CPR
BLS for Children/Infants – 15
One-Rescuer Child BLS/CPR
One-Rescuer Infant BLS/CPR
Child/Infant Mouth-to-Mask Ventilation
Child/Infant Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation in Two-Rescuer CPR
Self-Assessment for BLS – 20
4 Advanced Cardiac Life Support . . . . . . . 22
Normal Heart Anatomy and Physiology – 22
ACLS Rhythms and Interpretation – 23
The ACLS Survey (ABCD) – 30
Airway Management – 31
Basic Airway Adjuncts
Basic Airway Technique
Advanced Airway Adjuncts
Routes of Access – 35
Intravenous Route
Intraosseous Route
Pharmacological Tools – 36
5 Self-Assessment for ACLS – 37
Principles of Early Defibrillation . . . . . . . 38
Keys to Using an Automated External Defibrillator – 39
Criteria to Apply AED
Basic AED Operation
3 ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support
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