ADVANCED LIFE

SUPPORT
INSTRUMENTS
SHERYL SHEKINAH | 9919014020
 WHAT IS ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
Advanced Life Support (ALS) is a set of life saving protocols and skills that extend basic life
support to further support the circulation and provide an open airway and adequate ventilation
(breathing).

An advanced life support training course teaches participants the skills necessary to save lives
that go beyond basic techniques within Basic Life Support (BLS), reports Very Well Health. BLS
often accompanies Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) courses for non-nursing staff. The
difference in this is simple. Advanced life support training includes the administration of
medications to overcome the reversible causes of arrest. With that in mind, more organizations
are starting to look beyond the perception that only nurses can administer medications,
cross-training individuals within the health field, such as Emergency Medical Technicians
(EMTs), and beyond. For example, educators, daycare providers, and coaches are now starting
to take note of the value of advanced care training.
 COMPONENTS
● Tracheal intubation
● Rapid sequence induction
● Cardiac monitoring
● Cardiac defibrillation not using an automated external defibrillator (AED)
● Transcutaneous pacing
● Ultrasonography
● Intravenous cannulation (IV)
● Intraosseous (IO) access and intraosseous infusion
● Surgical cricothyrotomy
● Needle cricothyrotomy
● Pleural decompression or finger thorocostomy of tension pneumothorax
● Advanced medication administration through parenteral and enteral routes (IV, IO, PO,
PR, ET, SL, topical, and transdermal)
● Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)
● Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Education for Pre-Hospital
Providers (PEPP)
● Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS) or
International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
 ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
Advanced cardiac life support, or advanced
cardiovascular life support, often referred to by its
acronym, "ACLS", refers to a set of clinical guidelines for
the urgent and emergent treatment of life-threatening
cardiovascular conditions that will cause or have caused
cardiac arrest, using advanced medical procedures,
medications, and techniques. The term ACLS comes from
the American Heart Association Guidelines and is primarily
used in the Americas. There are guidelines internationally
that are produced by different bodies that are similar in use
to ACLS. The international guidelines are often called
"Advanced Life Support."