Treatment Protocols
Cardiac Arrest (page 29)
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n5. WITNESSED ARREST, place patient on Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and follow prompts.
•6. UNWITNESSED ARREST, provide two (2) minutes of uninterrupted CPR prior to AED analysis and follow prompts.  (per new AHA guidelines)
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n7.  Changed language from “If AED resuscitation is successful…” with “If patient has return of spontaneous circulation…”
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