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Is being cpr certified and having a bcls/acls the same thing?
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No: Bcls is basic cardiac life support. Also known as cpr. Acls is advanced .... In acls doctors and nurses learn to use drugs and cardioversion (electricity) to treat heart arrhthmias.
Answered 2/23/2013
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