Course Descriptions For Healthcare Providers

The BLS for Healthcare Providers Course teaches the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen), use of an AED on adults and children, and relief of FBAO in responsive and nonresponsive victims. The course is designed for healthcare providers who care for parients both in and out of hospital.

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The BLS for Healthcare Providers Course teaches the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen), use of an AED on adults and children, and relief of FBAO in responsive and nonresponsive victims. The course is designed for healthcare providers who care for both in and out of hospital.

*A current, valid, not expired BLS card is required to take this course.

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The purpose of this course is to provide candidates the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to instruct and evaluate potential BLS providers. The course provides candidates with: AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC); educational philosophy; national AHA policies and procedures affecting all ECC instructors; sufficient background information for comprehension of BLS subject matter; information on teaching methods; understanding of the educational aids available for teaching provider courses; and the opportunity to develop effective presentation abilities.

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The ACLS Provider Course is designed to teach providers the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult VF/VT arrest. Students are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: respiratory emergency; 4 types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA, and Asystole); 4 types of prearrest emergencies (Bradycardia stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia, and acute coronary syndromes); and stroke.

*A current, valid, not expired BLS card is recommended to take this course.

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The ACLS Provider Course is designed to teach providers the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult VF/VT arrest. Students are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: respiratory emergency; 4 types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA, and Asystole); 4 types of prearrest emergencies (Bradycardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia, and acute coronary syndromes); and stroke.

*A current, valid, not expired ACLS card is required to take this course.

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The ACLS Instructor course develops a student’s proficiency in teaching an ACLS provider course. The instructor’s proficiency includes the ability to setup an ACLS provider course and to teach and evaluate a student’s knowledge and skill proficiency in 10 core cases: respiratory arrest, witnessed VF treated with an AID, VF/pulse VT, asystole, PEA, acute coronary syndromes, unstable tachycardia, stable tachycardia, and acute stroke.

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This ACLS Prep course is designed to review selected ACLS topics and may be helpful in preparing for an initial or renewal ACLS provider course. It may also be helpful for anyone who wishes to feel more comfortable in cardiac emergencies. Basic cardiac rhythms, emergency medications, and the use of those medications in emergency situations will be reviewed. This is not an ACLS Provider course and an ACLS Provider card will not be issued. This course is intended for review of ACLS content.

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The goal of the PALS Provider Course is to teach students how to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest, to provide students with strategies for preventing cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children, and to teach students how to perform the cognitive and psychomotor skills for resuscitating and stabilizing infants and children in respiratory failure, shock, or cardiopulmonary arrest. Skills in bag-mask ventilation, management of airway, defibrillation and cardioversion, use of AEDs for children older than 1 year, and rhythm management are emphasized. A modular approach is provided.

*A current, valid, not expired BLS card is recommended to take this course.

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The goal of the PALS Provider Course is to teach students how to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest, to provide students with strategies for preventing cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children, and to teach students how to perform the cognitive and psychomotor skills for resuscitating and stabilizing infants and children in respiratory failure, shock, or cardiopulmonary arrest. Skills in bag-mask ventilation, management of airway, defibrillation and cardioversion, use of AEDs for children older than 1 year, and rhythm management are emphasized. A modular approach is provided.

*A current, valid, not expired PALS card is required to take this course.

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AHA Pretests & Study Guides

PALS Prep Request

This PALS Prep course is designed to review selected PALS topics and may be helpful in preparing for an initial or renewal PALS provider course. It may also be helpful for anyone who wishes to feel more comfortable with pediatric emergencies. Basic cardiac rhythms, emergency medications, and the use of those medications in emergency situations will be reviewed. This is not a PALS Provider course and a PALS Provider card will not be issued. This course is intended for review of PALS content.

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The purpose of a PALS Instructor Course is to develop proficiency in teaching, organizing and conducting a provider course. PALS Instructors must have a firm working knowledge of the PALS material. Participants are expected to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of emergency cardiac care. Currently accepted principles of adult learning, the use of interactive teaching strategies, and the ability to sequence instruction and evaluate progress are essential parts of the course. Participants are required to have a current CPR card, a current PALS Provider card, and have been recognized as having “instructor potential” in a previous PALS Course. The following CPR cards are accepted: American Heart Association – Healthcare Provider (HCP); American Red Cross – CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer.

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The Basic ECG Course is a tool for you to learn how to interpret heart patterns and very basic anatomy and physiology behind the rhythms. The course is designed as a precursor for advanced courses, such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. This course is also beneficial to anyone who needs to be able to read heart rhythms on a heart monitor. This rhythm course is designed to serve as a review of all of the basic cardiac rhythms. It is a great course to use in preparation for ACLS if you do not work in a practice environment where you interpret rhythms often.

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This course has been designed to teach an evidence-based approach to resuscitation of the newborn. The causes, prevention, and management of mild to severe neonatal asphyxia are carefully explained so that health professionals may develop optimal knowledge and skill in resuscitation.

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