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Glossary and Definitions
Here you can find the most used Abbreviations, Definitions and Acronyms.
- ABC – Airway, breathing, and circulation
- AED – Automated external defibrillator
- AHA – American Heart Association
- ARC – American Red Cross
- BLS – Basic life support
- CI – Confidence interval
- COI – Conflict of interest
- CoSTR – Consensus on Resuscitation Science and Treatment Recommendations
- CPR – Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- EMS – Emergency medical systems
- EMT – Emergency medical technician
- ILCOR – International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
- LOE – Level of evidence
- MLF – Minimum level of fitness
- PSS – Physical skill set
- SABC – Suction, airway, breathing, and circulation
- USLA – United States Lifesaving Association
- USLSC – United States Lifeguard Standards Coalition
- WRCT – Water rescue competency test
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure, performed in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person in cardiac arrest. It is indicated in those who are unresponsive with no breathing or abnormal breathing, for example, agonal respirations.
Automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia in a patient and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electrical therapy which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm.
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