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This course builds on the foundation of lifesaving basic life support (BLS) skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR.
This advanced course highlights the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes.
Designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, and paramedics, as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for job or other requirements.
- Used for the initial ACLS Course, Update, and Heartcode ACLS Skills Session
- Classroom-based (instructor and video)
- Skills are taught in large-group sessions and small-group learning and testing stations where case based scenarios are presented
- Includes: Lesson Maps for full, updated and HeartCode ACLS
PreCourse Materials:
- Equipment List
- Sample Agenda for ACLS Course - 12 Students
- Sample Agenda for ACLS Course - 24 Students
- Sample Agenda for ACLS Update Course - 12 Students
- Sample Agenda for ACLS Update Course - 24 Students
- Sample Precourse Letter - Student
- Sample Precourse Letter - HeartCode Student
- ACLS Case Scenario Template
Course Materials:
- 2015 Science Summary Table
- ACLS Code Timer/Recorder Sheet
- ACLS Medication Sheets
- ACLS Full Lesson Plans
- ACLS Update Lesson Plans
- HeartCode ACLS Lesson Plans
- ACLS Learning Station Checklists
- High-Quality BLS Skills Testing Checklist
- Airway Management Skills Testing Checklist
- ACLS Megacode Testing Checklists
- Life Is Why Activity Page
Learning Station and Megacode Testing Scenarios
- ACLS Learning Station Scenarios and Debriefing Tool
- ACLS Megacode Testing Scenarios
Course Content:
- Apply BLS, Primary and Secondary Assessments sequence for a systematic evaluation of adult patients
- Perform prompt, high-quality BLS, including prioritizing early chest compressions and integrating early automated external defibrillator (AED) use
- Recognize and perform early management of respiratory arrest
- Discuss early recognition and management of ACS and stroke, including appropriate disposition
- Recognize and perform early management of bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
- Recognize and perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post-cardiac arrest care
- Model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team
- Evaluate resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest through continuous assessment of CPR quality, monitoring the patient's physiologic response, and delivering real-time feedback to the team
- Recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance
- Discuss how the use of a rapid response team or medical emergency team may improve patient outcomes
- Define Systems of care
Successful Completion
For successful course completion, students must:
- Demonstrate skills competency in all learning stations
- Pass the high-quality BLS Skills Test
- Bag Mask
- Ventilation with OPA/NPA insertion skills test
- Megacode Test
- Pass the ACLS Exam with a score of 84% or higher
Upon successful completion, students receive an ACLS course completion Card.
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Mac
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- Opera v23 and above
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- Available memory space 500MB and above
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- RAM 2 GB
- Available Memory space 500MB and above
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- Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
- 500 MB memory available
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- Access to Google Play Market
- Download AHA ebooks free app available through the Google Play store
- RAM 2 GB available
- 500MB memory available
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