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emergency cardiac care (ECC) Etymology: L, emergeere, to come forth; Gk, kardia + ME, caru, sorrow the concentration of personnel and facilities organized to sustain the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems when a myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest occurs. The interventions assure prompt availability of basic life support, monitoring and treatment facilities, prevention of complications, and psychologic reassurance. If cardiac arrest occurs outside a hospital, efforts are devoted to stabilizing the patient's cardiovascular and pulmonary systems before removing the individual to a hospital. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The appendixes contain a detailed list of necessary supplies, an emergency action plan, and algorithms for emergency cardiac care that include automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Emergency Cardiac Care Committee and Subcommittees, American Heart Association. The application of the Heimlich maneuver as the initial and, perhaps, only step for opening the airway in all near-drowning victims is contrary to current resuscitation guidelines for the treatment of such victims established by the Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) Committee of the American Heart Association. |
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