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==Treatment==
==Treatment==
[[Clinical practice guideline]]s for [[Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support]] by the [[American Heart Association]] provide treatment algorithms:<ref name="pmid16314375">{{cite journal |author= |title=2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care |journal=Circulation |volume=112 |issue=24 Suppl |pages=IV1–203 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16314375 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.166550 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16314375 |issn=}}</ref>
[[Clinical practice guideline]]s for advanced cardiovascular life support by the [[American Heart Association]] provide treatment algorithms:<ref name="pmid16314375">{{cite journal |author= |title=2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care |journal=Circulation |volume=112 |issue=24 Suppl |pages=IV1–203 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16314375 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.166550 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16314375 |issn=}}</ref>
* [http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/24_suppl/IV-19/FIG2 Adult BLS Healthcare Provider Algorithm]<ref name="pmid16314375_Part_4">{{cite journal |author= |title=2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care: Part 4: Adult Basic Life Support |journal=Circulation |volume=112 |issue=24 Suppl |pages=IV1–203 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16314375 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.166550 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/24_suppl/IV-19  |issn=}}</ref>
* [http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/24_suppl/IV-19/FIG2 Adult BLS Healthcare Provider Algorithm]<ref name="pmid16314375_Part_4">{{cite journal |author= |title=2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care: Part 4: Adult Basic Life Support |journal=Circulation |volume=112 |issue=24 Suppl |pages=IV1–203 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16314375 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.166550 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/24_suppl/IV-19  |issn=}}</ref>
* [http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/24_suppl/IV-58/FIG1 Pulseless Arrest Algorithm]<ref name="pmid16314375_Part_7.2">{{cite journal |author= |title=2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care: Part 7.2: Management of Cardiac Arrest |journal=Circulation |volume=112 |issue=24 Suppl |pages=IV1–203 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16314375 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.166550 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/24_suppl/IV-58  |issn=}}</ref>
* [http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/24_suppl/IV-58/FIG1 Pulseless Arrest Algorithm]<ref name="pmid16314375_Part_7.2">{{cite journal |author= |title=2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care: Part 7.2: Management of Cardiac Arrest |journal=Circulation |volume=112 |issue=24 Suppl |pages=IV1–203 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16314375 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.166550 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/24_suppl/IV-58  |issn=}}</ref>

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In healthcare, Advanced cardiac life support is "the use of sophisticated methods and equipment to treat cardiopulmonary arrest. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) includes the use of specialized equipment to maintain the airway, early defibrillation and pharmacological therapy."

Treatment

Clinical practice guidelines for advanced cardiovascular life support by the American Heart Association provide treatment algorithms:[1]

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