ACLS Provider Course

Classroom training for first time or students with expired cards.

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) builds on the foundation of Basic Life Support (BLS), emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. The hands-on instruction and simulated cases in this advanced course are designed to help enhance their skills in the recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute arrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes.

This is the International English version of the ACLS Course. The training materials have been adapted to include metric units of measure and other references that apply to students outside the U.S. and Canada.

Audience

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.

What Does this Course Teach?

Topics covered in this course are:

• Systems of care

• How the use of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical emergency team (MET) may improve patient outcomes

• The impact of team dynamics on overall team performance

• Effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team

• Prompt, high-quality BLS, including prioritizing early chest compressions and integrating early AED use

• The BLS, Primary, and Secondary Assessment sequences for a systematic evaluation of adult patients

• Early recognition and management of acute coronary syndromes, including appropriate disposition

• Early recognition and management of stroke, including appropriate disposition

• Recognition and early management of respiratory arrest

• Recognition and early management of bradycardia that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome

• Recognition and early management of tachycardia that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome

• Recognition and early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post-cardiac arrest care

• Evaluation of 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