Talk:Advanced cardiac life support

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 Definition The use of methods and equipment, beyond the level of cardiopulmonary resuscitation but less than surgical or interventional cardiology, to treat cardiopulmonary arrest. [d] [e]
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I wonder if people who don't hear ACLS a lot read this title and think bypass

if I just read the title and didn't already know it meant the physician version of CPR (with drugs and defib etc), I think I might think it was referring to bypass. Tom Kelly 16:23, 12 April 2009 (UTC)