Life support (disambiguation)

Life support (disambiguation)

Life support is a set of therapies for preserving a patient's life when essential body systems are not functioning sufficiently to sustain life.

Life support may also refer to:

* Advanced cardiac life support, urgent treatment for life-threatening emergencies
* Basic life support, prehospital care provided by trained responders
* Life support (aviation), the field centered on ensuring the safety of aircrew
* Life support system, the technologies used in human spaceflight
* "Life Support" ("DS9" episode), third season episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
* "Life Support" (TV series), Australian television comedy
*Life Support (film), 2007 movie
*Life Support (song), a song in the Broadway Musical and Movie, " Rent"


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