Audience:
ACLS Training classes are specifically designed for healthcare professionals and practitioners that are directly involved in the intervention and management of cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary emergencies. The healthcare professionals in this field include physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics and respiratory therapists in the emergency department, emergency code response teams as well as the intensive care units (ICU) and critical care units (CCU).
Class Content, Class Features and Key Benefits:
Class Content
- Key changes and updates on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support based on the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) and its foundation, covering CPR, effective chest compressions and the use of air bag mask devices and automated external defibrillators or AED.
- Immediate recognition and management of peri-arrest conditions such as arrhythmias, tachyarrythmias and symptomatic bradycardia.
- Immediate recognition and early management of cardiopulmonary arrest.
- Airway management, ventilation support and drug therapy.
- Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Stroke management
- Effective communication skills and group dynamics for the leader and other members of the emergency response team.
Class Features
- Instructor led skills training and demonstration.
- Classroom lecture and group activities with Instructor feedback and interaction.
- Learning stations with various simulated clinical scenarios which encourage students to actively practice their acquired skills.
Key Benefits
- Skills and knowledge enhancement pertaining to Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support.
- High level of professional competency and standardization.
- Convenient, cost-efficient and up to date.
- This course is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS).
- ACLS Training card (valid for 2 years) – given upon successful class completion which includes demonstration and skills competency in all learning stations; passing the CPR and AED skills test, bag-mask ventilation skills test, Megacode test and a written test.
$150 for initial training, $105 for renewal training.
