ACLS is designed to help health care providers learn the necessary skills to provide evidence-based care to patients in cardiac arrest or other life-threatening situations. This course reinforces use of appropriate basic life support and automated external defibrillation, and then extends skills to advanced interventions.
All ACLS Courses run from 8:00 hrs. - 17:00 hrs.
Topics include:
All ACLS Courses run from 8:00 hrs. - 17:00 hrs.
Topics include:
- Safe operation of defibrillator/pacing devices.
- Use of airway/respiratory equipment (oral/nasal airways, laryngeal mask airways, combitubes, bag/valve/mask devices).
- Management of cardiac arrest (VF/VT/PEA/asystole).
- Management of stable and unstable tachyarrythmias.
- Management of bradycardias.
- Approach to unstable coronary syndrome/myocardial infarction Initial management of acute stroke.
- Approach to patient with hypotension/shock.
- Crisis management principles (leadership, communication, situational awareness).
ACLS at SimSinai uses an adult-friendly education philosophy, giving extensive hands-on experience in resuscitation using our high-fidelity simulators. Students work in teams and rotate through different roles, learning how to function as team leaders and team members.