Abbreviations

AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics
AED: Automated External Defibrillator
AHA: American Heart Association
ALS: Advanced Life Support
BHF: British Heart Foundation
CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
DALY: Disability-Adjusted Life Year
DNT: Door-to-Needle Time
ECG: Electrocardiogram
EMS: Emergency Medical Service
EMT: Emergency Medical Technician
GDA: Global Development Alliance
GFF: Global Finance Facility
GRA: Global Resuscitation Alliance
HALE: Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy
HBB: Helping Babies Breathe
HEROS: Home Education and Resuscitation Outcome Study
HIC: High-Income Country
HMS: Helping Mothers Survive
ICT: Information and Communication Technologies
IUD: Intrauterine Device
IV: Intravenous
KMC: Kangaroo Mother Care
LDHF: Low-Density, High-Frequency
LGH: Laerdal Global Health
LM: Laerdal Medical
LMLF: Laerdal Million Lives Fund
MPL: Medical Plastics Laboratory
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
NLN: National League of Nursing
NRP: Neonatal Resuscitation Program
NY: New York State
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OSCE: Objective Structured Clinical Examination
PALS: Paediatric Advanced Life Support
PAROS: Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study
PMNCH: Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
PSM: Patient Safety Movement
QCPR: Quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
QI: Quality Improvement
R & D: Research & Development
RQI: Resuscitation Quality Improvement
SAFE: Safer Anaesthesia From Education
SAFER: Stavanger Acute medicine Foundation for Education and Research
SDG: Sustainable Development Goal
SUS: Stavanger University Hospital
T-CPR: Telephone-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
UiS: University of Stavanger
UN: United Nations
UNGP: United Nations Guiding Principles on Human Rights
UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund
US: United States
USAID: United States Agency for International Development
VR: Virtual Reality
WFSA: World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
WHO: World Health Organization