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ACLS (original
and refresher)
Course
Description
The ACLS Provider Course provides the knowledge and skills needed
to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult
ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest.
Providers are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: a
respiratory emergency, four types of cardiac arrest (simple
VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA and asystole), heart attack symptoms, four types of prearrest
emergencies (bradychardia, stable tachycardia, unstable
tachycardia and acute coronary syndromes) and stroke.
Course Length:
8-16 hours
Intended
Audience
Personnel staffing emergency, intensive care or critical care
departments; emergency medical providers such as physicians,
nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists
and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular
emergency. |
