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Navigating cardiac advanced life support training: Choosing the right path
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Navigating cardiac advanced life support training: Choosing the right path

Dima Nasrawi, Jacqueline Colgan and Susie Cartledge
Contemporary nurse, Vol.First online, pp.1-4
16/07/2026
PMID: 42461412
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Abstract

Cardiac surgical patients experience a higher risk of cardiac arrest than the generalhospital population, making rapid, coordinated responses critical to survival and long-termoutcomes. The Cardiac Advanced Life Support (CALS) evaluation by Mckay et al. (2026)demonstrates that participation in the CALS program improves self-rated knowledge, confi-dence, and interdisciplinary teamwork across multiple domains. This is particularly true forcomplex skills required in high-acuity scenarios, such as emergency resternotomy andresuscitation.

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