asic life support(BLS)includes recognition of signs of means that in the first minutes after collapse the victims sudden cardiac arrest(SCA), heart attack, stroke, and chance of survival is in the hands of bystander foreign-body airway obstruction(FBAO); cardiopulmonary Shortening the EMS response interval increases survival resuscitation (CPR); and d
The goals of emergency cardiovascular care are to pre- living will constitutes clear evidence of the patient's wishe serve life, restore health, relieve suffering, limit disabil and in most areas it can be legally enforced. ity, and reverse clinical death. CPR decisions are often made