*BCLS
*ACLS
*Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
*American Heart Association Summary

ACLS Provider Course

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 prearrest emergencies (bradychardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia and acute coronary syndromes) and stroke.

Course Length: 8-16 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.

Student Materials:

* ECC Handbook, Strongly Recommended
* ACLS Provider Manual, Required or ACLS Text, Reference

Card Type: Course completion

Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Course Description
The goal of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course is to provide the learner with:

1. Information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest
2. Information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children
3. The cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest

Course Length: 16 hours

Intended Audience
Pediatricians, house staff, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who are responsible for the well-being of infants and children

Student Materials:

* PALS Text, Required
* ECC Handbook, Strongly Recommended

Card Type: Course completion

Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card

American Heart Association Summary

* Heartsaver AED: Emergency responders in large office buildings, malls, schools and health clubs, police, firefighters, security officers, etc where AED’s may be located.
* BCLS for Healthcare Providers: This Course is the required CPR certification course for most healthcare professionals. Courses are offered on average once a month.
* Advanced Cardiac Life Support: This AHA advanced level program teaches through the use of case studies and the principals of cardiac resuscitation, including ECG rhythm interpretation, advanced airway management, and pharmacological interventions in cardiac emergencies.
* Pediatric Advanced Life Support: This course focuses on assessment and management of infants and children in cardiopulmonary crisis. Participants may be certified as providers following written and practical evaluations of competency.

For The Community

* CPR for Family and Friends: This course is designed for families with children, scouts, grandparents, babysitters, the general public and mass CPR events.
* CPR in the Schools: This program is designed for children in middle school and high school. It covers adult, child and infant procedures.
* CPR Heartsaver: Day care workers, church /pre-school workers aquatic /amusement park workers and other lay people whose job requires written evaluation and skill performance, This course covers adult, child and infant procedures.
* Pediatric Basic Life Support: This course provides life saving information on infant and child safety and appropriate interventions for emergencies involving choking or cardiac arrest. It is designed specifically for adults routinely responsible for the care of infants and children.
* Heartsaver AED: This community course covers the techniques of CPR and foreign body removal for adult patients and the safe and effective operation of an automated external defibrillator.
* Heartsaver First Aid Program: Combined content of the American Heart Association’s Heartsaver Adult CPR, AED, barrier devices, intervention for choking and the signs of heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest and foreign body airway obstruction. First Aid information includes triage and treatment for asthma, diabetic, allergic reactions, seizures, heart attack, stroke as well as bleeding and shock, burns, wounds, bodily injury, poisoning and other emergencies.

Disaster Preparedness

When Disaster strikes a ASHI program that covers natural and man-made disasters. It is designed to help reduce fear and uncertainty through its message of personal preparation and planning. Designed for employer and employees. When Disaster Strikes will be helpful in planning for you home or organization. This series discusses disasters such as fire, terrorism, mail and bomb threats, tornadoes and floods.