| advanced life support & high risk |
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| Advanced life support (ALS) is an emergency medical technician (EMT) is trained to perform advanced life support skills as either an EMT-I (Intermediate) or an EMT-P (Paramedic), commonly referred to simply as a paramedic or medic. |
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| ALS (in most cases) refers to the skills and knowledge that a practitioner possesses. The ALS provider may perform advanced procedures and skills on a patient involving invasive and non-invasive procedures including: |
- Cardiac monitoring
- Cardiac defibrillation
- Transcutaneous pacing
- Intravenous cannulation (IV)
- Iinterosseous (IO) access and intraosseous infusion
- Surgical cricothyrotomy
- Needle cricothyrotomy
- Needle decompression of tension pneumothorax
- Advanced medication administration through parental and enteral routes (IV, IO, PO, PR, ET, SL, topical, and transdermal)
- Portable Ventilator
- Intra-Aorta Balloon Pump
- CPAP
- Syringe Pump
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