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BCLS

 
basic cardiac life support.
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life support

Any technique, therapy, or device that assists in sustaining life.
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ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT: Mannequin used for training

advanced cardiac life support

Abbreviation: ACLS
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ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT: Mannequin used for training
1. The resuscitation of dying patients. ACLS involves management of the airway, reestablishment of breathing, and the restoration of spontaneous heart rhythm, blood pressure, and organ perfusion. It begins with the recognition of cardiac or respiratory emergencies, and includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation, endotracheal intubation, oxygenation and ventilation, medications for restoring normal cardiac rhythms and cardiac output, cardiac pacing (when needed), and post-resuscitation care. It may begin in the out-of-hospital setting or take place in the hospital. See: illustration
2. See: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
See: basic cardiac life support; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency cardiac care

Advanced Medical Life Support

See: Advanced Medical Life Support

advanced trauma life support

Abbreviation: ATLS
1. Treatment for managing a critically injured patient.
2. See: Advanced Trauma Life Support

basic cardiac life support

Abbreviation: BCLS
The phase of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiac care that either (1) prevents circulatory or respiratory arrest or insufficiency by prompt recognition and early intervention or by early entry into the emergency care system or both; or (2) externally supports the circulation and respiration of a patient in cardiac arrest through CPR. When cardiac or respiratory arrest occurs, basic life support (BLS) should be initiated by anyone present who is familiar with CPR.
See: advanced cardiac life support; bag mask device; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency cardiac care; Heimlich maneuver

basic life support

Abbreviation: BLS
1. A level of out-of-hospital emergency service.
2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
See: defibrillation; defibrillator

Basic Trauma Life Support

See: Basic Trauma Life Support

pediatric advanced life support

Abbreviation: PALS
The treatment, including basic and advanced life support, for stabilizing a critically ill or injured child.

prehospital trauma life support

See: Prehospital Trauma Life Support

withholding life support

See: withholding life support

basic cardiac life support

Abbreviation: BCLS
The phase of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiac care that either (1) prevents circulatory or respiratory arrest or insufficiency by prompt recognition and early intervention or by early entry into the emergency care system or both; or (2) externally supports the circulation and respiration of a patient in cardiac arrest through CPR. When cardiac or respiratory arrest occurs, basic life support (BLS) should be initiated by anyone present who is familiar with CPR.
See: advanced cardiac life support; bag mask device; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency cardiac care; Heimlich maneuver
See also: life support
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Also indicative of the status of BCLS at this time, in Kuching Martine was appointed to the Council Negri, where, as a member of the Council's Finance Committee, "he performed his greatest public service" (Bennett, May 1952:8).
(6) For BCLS, May 1952 marked the end of an era as Martine retired from Sarawak to take up duties in the head office in London.
THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED, SARAWAK: Part VI: 11 September 1945 to 16 September 1963: Under Britain's Tutelage
In addition, a [CD5.sup.+], [CD23.sup.-] large BCL may fall within the spectrum of de novo [CD5.sup.+] diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Of the 16 patients with a diagnosis of blastic [CD5.sup.+], [CD23.sup.-] BCL, 12 had a staging or diagnostic (case 2) bone marrow biopsy performed.
Large Cell Variants of [CD5.sup.+], [CD23.sup.-] B-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia
Later that evening a group of the Sarawak Volunteer Force that included Cargill and another BCLS employee, Richard Saville Sagar from Kuching, also arrived at Krokong.
BCLS expatriate personnel in the Third Division: Cobbold, Horn, McKerracher & Miles (12)
The Borneo Company Limited, Sarawak, Japanese Occupation 24 December 1941 To 11 September 1945
BCLS then transferred the plant to its Bidi gold operation in Sarawak and the Bannie operation was abandoned, thus ending this BCLS venture in Dutch Borneo.
In 1938, a 60 x 1.8 meter suspension bridge near Kampung Seropak some 80 km south-southeast of Bau was found by a group en route to visiting the BCLS mercuric sulphide mining site at Mt.
The Borneo Company's role in the economic development of Sarawak during the Brooke dynasty: Part III: up to the Japanese occupation of Kuching on 24 December 1941
On a more positive note, an article on BCLS in the Rangoon Daily News in 1878 noted: (7)
The Borneo company's role in the economic development of Sarawak during the early years of the Brooke dynasty: part II

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