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08/02/2026 by Bob Dunn

The Advanced life support page has had some minor updates and wording improvements.

Categories Updates Tags Resuscitation
BLS
Electrical cardioversion

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Associate Professor Robert Dunn

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Associate Professor Meredith Borland
Dr Deborah O'Brien
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Respiratory alkalosis: each 10 mmHg decrease in pCO2 increases pH by 0.05 - 0.08 acutely, 0.03 chronically

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