ADVANCED CARDIAC
LIFE SUPPORT - ACLS

Guidelines for the medical professional on the application of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS). ACLS links to many challenging conditions including asthma, anaphylaxis, electrolyte disturbances and toxicology induced disturbances in rhythm and blood pressure. Special resuscitation situations including lightning strike, electrical injury, arrest associated with trauma and pregnancy and hypothermia.

• Other Related Resources:
  1. Advanced Trauma Life Support
  2. Online Emergency Medicine Textbooks
  3. Pediatric Advanced Life Support

ACLS - Algorithms

• ACLS 2000 Unofficial Guide: Cheat Sheet - Paul C Lee MD, Cardiology Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY. Revised 4/13/01
• ACLS Algorithm 2000 - EMS House of DeFrance
• ACLS Algorithms - Tips and mnemonics for algorithms at ACLS.net
• ACLS Algorithms - ACLS Algorithm's Identification of Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Initial Patient Assessment
• ACLS for the Right Brained - Algorithms
• Acute Coronary Syndromes Algorithm - Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
• Acute Stroke Algorithm - Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
• Asystole Algorithm - Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
• Adult Advanced Life Support Algorithm
• Adult Basic Life Support Algorithm
• Adult Trauma Triage Criteria & Methodology - Criteria to determine the transport desttination and whether to transport as a trauma (Florida Administrative Code)
• Advanced Life Support Algorithm (Adult)
• Advanced Life Support Algorithm (Pediatric)
• Algorithm Approach to ACLS Emergencies - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.
• Anaphylaxis Algorithms - Treatment for adults by first medical responders
• Anaphylaxis Algorithms - Treatment for adults in the community
• Anaphylaxis Algorithms - Treatment for children by first medical responders
• Anaphylaxis Algorithms - Treatment for children in the community
• Asystole - ACLS for Emergency Physicians
• Asystole - Animated walk-through algorithm (2000 protocol)
• Asystole - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Atrial Fibrillation Algorithms - Peri-Arrest
• Automated External Defibrillators Algorithm
• Bradycardia - ACLS for emergency physicians
• Bradycardia - Animated walk-through algorithm (2000 protocol)
• Bradycardia Algorithms - Peri-arrest
• Broad Complex Tachycardia: Algorithms - Peri-arrest
• Electric (Synchronized) Cardioversion - Animated walk-through algorithm (2000 protocol)
• Management of Choking in Adults - Algorithms
• Narrow Complex Tachycardia - Animated walk-through algorithm (2000 protocol)
• Narrow Complex Tachycardia Algorithms - Peri-arrest
• Newborn Life Support - Algorithms
• PEA (Pulseless Electrical Activity) Algorithm - Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support - Algorithms
• Pediatric Basic Life Support - Algorithms
• Pulseless Electrical Activity - Animated walk-through algorithm (2000 protocol)
• Pulseless Electrical Activity PEA - ACLS for emergency physicians
• Pulseless Electrical Activity PEA - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Stable Atrial Flutter/Fibrillation - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Stable Ectopic Atrial Tachyarrhythmia/MAT - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Stable Junctional Tachycardia - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Stable Monomorphic VT - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Stable Narrow Complex PSVT - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Stable Polymorphic VT: Normal QT Interval - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Stable Polymorphic VT: Prolonged QT Interval - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• Stable Tachycardias Algorithm - Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
• Stable Ventricular Tachycardia - Animated walk-through algorithm (2000 protocol)
• Stable Wide Complex Tachyarrhythmia: Unknown Type - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• SVT - ACLS for Emergency Physicians
• Symptomatic Bradycardia Algorithm - Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
• Tachycardia - Animated walk-through algorithm (2000 protocol)
• Unstable Tachycardias Algorithm - Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
• Ventricular Fibrillation/Pulseless V Tach - ACLS for Emergency Physicians
• Ventricular Fibrillation/Pulseless V. Tach - Animated walk-through algorithm (2000 protocol)
• Ventricular Fibrillation/Pulseless V Tach - Jeff Mann EM Guide
• VF/Pulseless VT Algorithm - Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center
• Ventricular Tachycardia - ACLS for Emergency Physicians
  
  

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ACLS - Guidelines, Protocols

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ACLS 2000

ACLS  ECC Guidelines and Recommendations - A summary of the new ECC guidelines presented in the October 28, 1992 issue of JAMA.

ACLS Iowa Family Practice Handbook - ACLS Iowa Family Practice Handbook

ACLS Quizzes - Test your ACLS knowledge with ACLS.net

ACLS Simulator - Practice your algorithm knowledge on ACLS.net

ACLS Strip Tease - EMS House of DeFrance

ACLS Written Exam - Fifteen question Adult ACLS multiple choice test on-line.

Acute Coronary Syndromes (Acute Myocardial Infarction) - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Acute Stroke - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Adjuncts for Oxygenation, Ventilation, and Airway Control - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Adult Advanced Life Support Guidelines 2000

Adult Basic Life Support - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Adult Basic Life Support - Guidelines 2000

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Mega-code Simulator - EMBBS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Mega-code Simulator

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: Introduction to ACLS 2000 - Overview of Recommended Changes in ACLS From the Guidelines 2000 Conference, Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Advanced Life Support Course

Advanced Life Support Guidelines (Adult)

Advanced Life Support Guidelines (Pediatric)

Advanced Life Support re-certification

Advanced Life Support Re-certification Course

Advanced Life Support (A.L.S.) Paramedic Protocols - Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (REMAC) of New York City

Airway (Adult Basic Life Support)

Airway (Newborn Life Support)

Airway (Pediatric Basic Life Support)

Airway (Resuscitation for the Citizen)

Airway Management And Rapid Sequence Intubation

Anaphylactic Reactions - Emergency medical treatment

Anaphylactic Reactions - Emergency medical treatment: Frequently asked questions

Anaphylaxis - Anaphylaxis refers to a severe allergic reaction in which prominent dermal and systemic signs and symptoms manifest. The full-blown syndrome includes urticaria (hives) and/or angioedema with hypotension and bronchospasm. The classic form, described in 1902, involves prior sensitization with later re-exposure, producing symptoms via an immunologic mechanism. An anaphylactoid reaction produces a very similar clinical syndrome but is not immune-mediated. Treatment for both conditions is similar, and this article uses the term anaphylaxis to refer to both conditions unless otherwise specified. (eMedicine - by Richard S Krause, MD)

Arrest Pocket Card - CPMC Medical Housestaff Arrest Card. New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center [PDF 2pp. 216Kb]

Arrhythmias - Peri-arrest

Asystole - Spurious

B-D

Bag-Mask Ventilation

Basic Dysrhythmia Pocket Reference - American Assoc. Critical Care Nurses & GE Medical [PDF - 6.32Mb]

Basic Life Support (B.L.S.) Protocols - Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (REMAC) of New York City

Bi-Phasic Defibrillator Guidelines, ZOLL M-Series - Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad [PDF 1pp. 6Kb]

Cardiac and Mediastinal Trauma

Cardiac Monitoring Pocket Reference - Philips Medical Systems
[PDF - 178Kb]

Cardiogenic Shock

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Guidance for Clinical Practice and Training in Hospitals

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Guidance for Clinical Practice and Training in Primary Care

Certified First Responder (C.F.R.) Protocol - Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (REMAC) of New York City

Change:  in the Ventricular Fibrillation/Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia Protocol (May 24, 2001)

CPR Pocket Guide - CPR instructions you can print and take with you

Conscious Adults and Children - First aid for a choking conscious adult and child, Heimlich Maneuver

Cricoid Pressure

Cricothyroidotomy - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Cricothyroidotomy (Windows Media)  Real Player - Video instruction on invasive life-saving procedures performed by emergency physicians. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Decisions Relating to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - A Joint Statement from the British Medical Association, the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Royal College of Nursing. February 2001

Defibrillation - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Devices to Assist Circulation - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

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EKG Interpretation Algorithms

Emergency Medical Treatment of Anaphylactic Reactions - A Project Team Report for the Resuscitation Council. July 1999  - to be read in conjunction with: Update on the Emergency Medical Treatment of Anaphylactic Reactions for First Medical Responders and for Community Nurses March 2001

Emergency Thoracotomy - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Emergency Thoracotomy (Windows Media)  Real Player - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Endotracheal Intubation - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Endotracheal Intubation (Windows Media)  Real Player - Video instruction on invasive life-saving procedures performed by emergency physicians. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Equipment for Resuscitation - Primary Care: Minimum Recommended Equipment (Code Cart). Defibrillators, equipment and drugs.

Equipment for Resuscitation: Hospitals - Recommended Minimum Equipment for Management of Adult Cardiopulmonary Arrest (Code Cart).  Defibrillators, equipment and drugs.

Esophageal Detector Device (Bulb Type)

Esophageal Tracheal Combitube

Esophageal Tracheal Combitube Inserted in the Esophagus

Ethical Aspects of CPR and ECC - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

F-L

Frequently Asked Questions on the "Update on the Emergency Medical Treatment of Anaphylactic Reactions for First Medical Responders and for Community Nurses"

Hewlett Packard Codemaster XL Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual

Introduction to the International Guidelines 2000 for CPR and ECC: A Consensus on Science Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Laryngeal Mask Airway - Streaming Video Demonstration of the Technique of Insertion of a Laryngeal Mask Airway

Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)

Learn CPR - This is a free public service supported by the University of Washington School of Medicine.  We hope to provide you with all the information you need to learn the basics of CPR.

Life-Threatening Electrolyte Abnormalities - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Lifepak 20 Biphasic Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual

Lifepak 12 Biphasic Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual

Lifepak 500 Automated Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual

LMA Introduced Through Mouth into Pharynx

LMA in Position

Low-Energy Biphasic Waveform Defibrillation: Evidence-Based Review Applied to Emergency Cardiovascular Care Guidelines - A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association Committee on Emergency Cardiovascular Care and the Subcommittees on Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Resuscitation.

M-O

Medtronic 5388 Pacemaker - On-line Operator Manual

Neurological Monitoring Pocket Reference - Philips Medical Systems
[PDF - 150Kb]

Needle Thoracostomy - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Needle Thoracostomy (Real Player) - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

New Guidelines 2000 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, PALS, ACLS, BLS

New Guidelines for First Aid - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

P-R

Paramedic Level II: Patient Assessment Model, Protocols, Treatments, and Procedures

Paramedic Level III (ALS): Protocols

Peri-arrest Arrhythmias - Extract from the ALS Course Provider Manual, 4th edition, 2000 (Extract updated July 2001)

Pericardiocentesis - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Pericardiocentesis (Real Player) - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Postresuscitation Care - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Pre-Hospital Advanced Life Support Protocols

Pre-Hospital Care Provider Student Reference Guide - New York State Emergency medical Services System. This manual is intended to assist you in the certification process as a Pre-Hospital care Provider in New York State. This manual is designed in modular form to serve all levels of providers and as a constant reference guide to use throughout your career as a Pre-Hospital Care provider in New York State.

Qualitative End-Tidal CO2 Detector

Rapid Sequence Induction: Induction and Pretreatment Medications - eMedicine free online medical reference textbooks for doctors, medical professionals and consumers.

Rapid Sequence Induction for Prehospital Providers - The Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine

REMAC of NYC ALS Protocols (2002) - The Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of NYC has completed revision of the NYC Prehospital Treatment Protocols. The revised protocols are to be used by all prehospital agencies and providers operating within the five boroughs of NYC.

Resuscitation Council (UK) - Providing education and reference materials to healthcare professionals and the general public in the most effective methods of resuscitation.

Resuscitation During Hypothermia: Guidelines - The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba

Resuscitation for the Citizen - 6th edition, 2000

Resuscitation Guidelines 2000

Resuscitation Guidelines 2000 - Frequently Asked Questions

Retrograde Intubation - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Retrograde Intubation (Real Player) - Video instruction on invasive life-saving procedures performed by emergency physicians. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Rhythm Master - Test your rhythm recognition skills. There are 3 strips per page, with 7 pages in all. You select the correct answer and receive instant gratification.

S-Z

Safer Handling During Resuscitation in Hospitals

Scoop and Run Versus Stay and Play - An Electronic Online Multimedia Slide Presentation

Special Challenges in ECC - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Toxicology in ECC - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Tracheal Tube Holders - Adult and Infant

Transcutaneous Pacing Pocket Card - Outlines the emergency indications, key points, patient preparation, and care of the patient. Philips Medical Systems [PDF - 223Kb]

Tube Thoracostomy - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Tube Thoracostomy (Windows Media)  Real Player - Online Training Module in Life-saving Innvasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Vascular: Femoral - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Vascular: Femoral (Real Player) - Video instruction on invasive life-saving procedures performed by emergency physicians. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Vascular: IJ - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Vascular: IJ (Real Player) - Video instruction on invasive life-saving procedures performed by emergency physicians. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Vascular: Subclavian - Online Training Module in Life-saving Invasive Procedures. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Vascular: Subclavian (Real Player) - Video instruction on invasive life-saving procedures performed by emergency physicians. Northwestern University Division of Emergency Medicine

Zoll NTP 1000 Pacemaker - On-line Operator Manual

Zoll M-Series Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual

Zoll PD 1200 Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual

Zoll PD 1400 Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual

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Automated External Defibrillators

AED - Algorithm

AED - "Resuscitation for the Citizen"

AED - Use in children

Automatic External Defibrillator Course

Automated External Defibrillator - Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Automated External Defibrillators - Guidelines 2000

Lifepak 500 Automated Defibrillator - On-line Operator Manual

Public Access Defibrillation - AEDs (AHA)

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6. Using and Maintaining an AED
7. Placing AEDs-Where and How Many?
8. Follow-up After an AED Is Used
9. PAD Program Legal Issues
10. Promoting a PAD Program
11. Q & A About AEDs and Defibrillation
12. More Q & A About AEDs and Defibrillation
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14. Sample PAD Program Announcement News Release
15. AED Maintenance Checklist

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