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Cardiac Life Support - ACLS

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), four types of pre-arrest
emergencies (bradychardia, stable tachycardia, unstable
tachycardia and acute coronary syndromes) and stroke.
Initial
Course Length:
16 hours
Refresher Course Length: 8 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.
Card
Issued:
2 year course completion
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