Registered nurses interested in caring for severely ill patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) need specialized training. Successful completion of certification in advanced cardiovascular ...

Health care professionals who work with critically ill adults need to have Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) training so they are prepared to act when a patient needs immediate life-saving ...

When a patient's condition changes, nurses are usually the first to notice it. Every second counts when there is a high risk of cardiac arrest, stroke, or respiratory failure. Advanced Cardiovascular ...

New research again confirms that nurses' skill at performing advanced cardiac life support skills decline fast and their basic life support skill performance also drops, but not as quickly.