ACLS Renewal Certification
Course Time 5.25 Hrs
Classroom-based (instructor and video, with skills conducted throughout)
- Update Course requires approximately 5-6 hours, including skills practice and skills testing.
Course Overview
ACLS 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; and recognition of and intervention in cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
The ACLS course is 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.
Before taking the ACLS course, students must pass the online ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment with a score of 70% or higher. This test is part of the ACLS student Web site (access granted with purchase of the ACLS Provider Manual).
- Apply the 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 AED use
- Recognize respiratory arrest
- Perform early management of respiratory arrest
- Discuss early recognition and management of acute coronary syndromes including appropriate disposition
- Discuss early recognition and management of stroke, including appropriate disposition
- Recognize bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
- Perform early management of bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
- Recognize cardiac arrest
- Perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post–cardiac arrest care
- 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
- Model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team
- Recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance
- Discuss how the use of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical emergency team (MET) may improve patient outcomes
- Define systems of care
For successful course completion, students must:
- demonstrate skills competency in all learning stations
- pass the bag-mask ventilation with OPA/NPA insertion skills test
- pass the Megacode test
- pass the ACLS exam with a score of 84% or higher.
Upon successful completion of all requirements, students receive an ACLS course completion card.
Course Length: ( continuing education course credits available)
Registration & Manuals:
The AHA Now has E Books available for purchase for ACLS, BLS & PALS! Follow this link to purchase and download the 2020 provider manual for your class. go to www.ebooks.heart.org Note: You must show your instructor you have the E book on our portable devise (iPad, tablet or smart phone) Copies of the 2020 Provider manual can also be found at Amazon.com
(If purchasing a book please allow ample study time between your purchase and the date of class)
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