The American Heart Association’s Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course is designed to prepare a variety of healthcare professionals to identify several life threatening arrhythmias and to provide CPR, Automated External Defibrillator (AED), defibrillation, advanced airway, first and second line medications during emergencies in a safe, timely and effective manner.
- Key changes in advanced cardiovascular life support, reflecting the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device and use of an (AED)
- Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
- Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
- Airway management
- Related pharmacology
- Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke
- Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team
- Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics