Class Description:
This course focuses on helping healthcare providers improve/review their knowledge and skills related to the most common cardiopulmonary emergencies while following the new 2005 AHA Guidelines.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PASS A WRITTEN AND A RHYTHM EXAM.

Class Objectives:

After completion the participant will be able to:

• Successfully demonstrate proper CPR according to AHA guidelines.
• Successfully demonstrate use of the AED in a mock situation.
• Successfully demonstrate management of a patients airway using a number of different methods.
• Successfully lead a team to manage the first 10 minutes of a ventricular fibrillation / pulseless ventricular tachycardia arrest scenario.
• Successfully pass a written evaluation with a score of 84% or greater.
• Successfully pass a rhythm strip evaluation with a score of 85% or greater.

Intended Audience: Medical providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency.

Maximum Class Size: Varies

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Student Materials: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Student Manual $40 Contact Professional EMS Eduation at (970) 254-8135 to purchase or rent the student manual.