The American Heart Association has released 2020 revisions to its CPR and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. Learn more:
- 2020 AHA CPR and ECC guidelines: A quick start-guide for EMS: Greg Friese, MS, NRP, offers 4 tips for understanding the changes and implementing the guidelines
- AHA Guidelines 2020: An EMS overview: Kenny Navarro explains what the recommendations mean for EMS treatment of adult and pediatric cardiac arrest related to epinephrine, compression depth and rate, intraosseous access and double sequential defibrillation
- 5 steps to delivering high-quality CPR: Michael Fraley, BS, BA, NRP, notes the 2020 guidelines continue to emphasize high-quality CPR
During the 2015 NAEMSP conference in New Orleans, Dr. Michael Sayre discusses some of the AHA guideline changes coming in October 2015, and the need for more frequent updates.