The Egyptian Pediatic Advanced Life Support

- Abbreviations

ABCDE: Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure.

ABG: Arterial-blood-gas (analysis)

AED: Automated external defibrillator

AHA: American Heart Association

ASAP: As soon as possible

AVPU: Alert-Verbal-Pain-Unresponsive

BBB: Behaviour, Breathing, Body colour

BLS: Basic Life Support

BMI: Body mass index

BP: Blood pressure

CoSTR: Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations

CPR: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

ECG: Electrocardiogram

ECMO: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

ECPR: Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

EEG: Electroencephalography

EMS: Emergency medical service

ERC: European Resuscitation Council

ETAT: Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment

ETCO2: End-tidal carbon dioxide

FiO2: Fraction of inspired oxygen

GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale

HOPE: Hypothermia Outcome Prediction after Extracorporeal life support

HOTT: Hypotension, Oxygenation (hypoxia), Tension pneumothorax and cardiac Tamponade

HR: Heart rate min 1

ICU: Intensive care unit

IHCA: In-hospital cardiac arrest

ILCOR: International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation

IM: Intramuscular

IO: Intraosseous

 IV: Intravenous

MAP: Mean arterial pressure

NIBP: Non-invasive blood pressure

NLS: Newborn Life Support

OHCA: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

PaCO2: Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood

PALS: Paediatric advanced life-support

PAT: pediatric assessment triangle

PaO2: Partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood

PBLS: Paediatric basic life support

PCR: Polymerase chain reaction

PEA: Pulseless electrical activity

PEEP: Positive end expiratory pressure

PEWS: Pediatric Early Warning Score

PLS: Paediatric Life Support

PLS WG: Paediatric Life Support Writing Group

POCUS: Point-of-care ultrasound

pVT: Pulseless ventricular tachycardia

ROSC: Return of spontaneous circulation

RR: Respiratory rate min 1

RRS/RRT: Rapid Response System/ Rapid Response Team

SBAR: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation

SGA: Supraglottic airway device

SpO2: Arterial oxygen saturation as measured by pulse oximetry

SvO2: Mixed venous oxygen saturation

SVT: Supraventricular tachycardia

VF: Ventricular fibrillation

VT: Ventricular tachycardia