CORRECTION

Correction to: 2017 American Heart Association

Focused Update on Adult Basic Life Support and
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality: An Update
to the American Heart Association Guidelines for
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency
Cardiovascular Care
In the article by Kleinman et al, “2017 American Heart Association Focused Up-
date on Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality: An
Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Re-
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suscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care,” which published ahead of print

November 6, 2017, and appeared in the January 2, 2018, issue of the journal
(Circulation. 2018;137:e7–e13. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000539), several
corrections were needed.
1. On page e9, right column, under the heading “2017 Recommendations—
Updated,” in recommendation 1, the following items have been updated:
•  The beginning of the first sentence read, “We recommend....” It has been
updated to, “It is reasonable....” The sentence now reads, “It is reason-
able that before placement of an advanced airway (supraglottic airway or
tracheal tube), EMS providers perform CPR with cycles of 30 compressions
and 2 breaths (Class IIa; Level of Evidence B-R).”
•  The second sentence has been deleted. It read, “As an alternative, it is
reasonable for EMS providers to perform CPR in cycles of 30 compressions
with 2 breaths without interrupting chest compressions to give breaths
(Class IIa; Level of Evidence B-R).”
2.  On page e10, top of the left column, second line, in the continuation of
recommendation 1, “Level of Evidence C-LD” was updated to “Level of
Evidence B-R.”
3.  On page e10, right column, in the table titled “2017 Focused Update: Adult
BLS Recommendations,” the following have been updated:
•  In row 5, in the “Recommendation” column, “We recommend” has been
changed to “It is reasonable.”
•  Row 6 has been deleted. It appeared as:

Year Last
Reviewed Topic Recommendation Comments
2017 EMS-delivered CPR focus As an alternative, it is reasonable Updated for
on chest compression– for EMS providers to perform CPR 2017
to–ventilation ratios in cycles of 30 compressions with 2
breaths without interrupting chest
compressions to give breaths (Class IIa;
Level of Evidence B-R).

•  
In updated row 6, in the “Recommendation” column, the Level of
Evidence has been changed from “C-LD” to “B-R.” It now reads, “(Class
IIb; Level of Evidence B-R).” Circulation is available at
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These corrections have been made to the current online version of the article,
© 2018 American Heart
which is available at http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/137/1/e7. Association, Inc.

e14 January 2, 2018 Circulation. 2018;137:e14. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000555

 Correction to: 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult Basic Life
Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality: An Update to the American Heart
Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency
Cardiovascular Care
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Circulation. 2018;137:e14
doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000555
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