EMS 810 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Credit(s) 1.00
Lecture Hours: 1.00
This course is an intensive certification that utilizes the American Heart Association Standards and Guidelines for the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider (ACLS). This course is designed to expand the students’ knowledge of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for the adult patient, and to formulate the appropriate treatment plan for given patient simulations. Upon successful course completion, the student will receive an American Heart Association ACLS Provider certification card for a two year certification period.

SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to correctly identify life threatening cardiac arrhythmia’s.
Demonstrate the ability to choose and implement the proper management for stable vs unstable patients.
Demonstrate the ability to effectively function in the Resuscitative Team environment as both a member and a leader.
Demonstrate basic life support (BLS) skill competency.
Demonstrate airway management competency.