This Initial Provider course is designed to teach the knowledge and skills required to implement the American Heart Association’s ACLS treatment guidelines in the learner’s practice setting and improve the outcomes for adult patients with cardiac arrest and other cardiopulmonary emergencies.

Target Audience

The participant in this course is a currently active healthcare provider based in a practice setting that requires ACLS knowledge and skills as a condition of employment. The class is targeted to first time providers and providers who do not routinely use ACLS in their practice setting as a part of their job duties.

Prerequisites

Providers enrolling in the ACLS provider course must be proficient in the following:

• Performing BLS CPR skills using 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC
• Reading and interpreting ECGs
• Understanding ACLS drugs
• Performing the BLS Survey and the ACLS Survey

Providers that have taken ACLS before may register for the ACLS Update Course instead.  The participants will be required to self assess their level of knowledge and skills by logging onto the American Heart Association web site (www.heart.org/eccstudent using the password “compression”) prior to registration.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

• Recognize and initiate early management of periarrest conditions that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
• Demonstrate proficiency in providing BLS care, including prioritizing chest compressions and integrating use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• Recognize and manage respiratory arrest
• Recognize and Manage cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post-cardiac arrest care
• Recognize and initiate early management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including appropriate disposition
• Recognize and initiate early management of stroke, including appropriate disposition
•  Demonstrate effective communication as a member or leader of a resuscitation team and recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance

The course fee is $250 for 12 Contact Hours and includes the Nursing Unlimited Homestudy Guide and ACLS Provider Manual from Nursing Unlimited’s Library (which is to be returned at the end of class, or may be purchased for $30).

Please remember to include $5.00 for shipping and handling.

A current BLS for Healthcare Providers card is no longer a prerequisite for entry into the ACLS program; the AHA requires “BLS SKILLS”.  However, if your BLS card has expired or is about to expire and you wish to renew, we still offer BLS certification within the ACLS course for a discounted price of $25.

An alternative to traditional, classroom-based ACLS training, HeartCode™ ACLS is a self-directed, comprehensive eLearning program from the American Heart Association. The full course combines an interactive, cognitive portion completed online, with CPR skills training. It includes interactive patient cases that test the user’s ability to apply the ACLS algorithms to effect treatment. Users practice and test their skills on a Voice Assisted Manikin (VAM). HeartCode™ ACLS includes interactive patient cases that test the student’s ability to apply the ACLS algorithms to effect treatment. HeartCode™ ACLS will provide your team the benefits of standardized ACLS instruction and improved competency, and may also save time.

We are proud to provide the latest AHA course offering, HeartCode ACLS.  This highly interactive online based program, features the latest advancement in e-simulation and Voice Assisted Manikin (VAM) technology.  Healthcare Providers can now complete the ACLS class conveniently with the following three steps.

Step 1: Successfully complete the Online simulations and written exam.

Register online now and receive an email with the log-in instructions and course key with-in 48 hours.

*Please note that the HeartCode ACLS class is not compatible with Macintosh computers or operating systems.

After successfully completing the online portion, call our office (800) 852-4126 to make an appointment for a skills practice and demonstration session.  Appointments are available from 8:00am – 9:00pm Mondays – Fridays and some Saturdays from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm at our headquarters

Nursing Unlimited Headquarters
18405 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami Gardens, FL 33169

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Step 2: Successfully demonstrate skills using the voice-assisted manikin system

Please be prepared to perform CPR and have fun perfecting your skills.  Wear comfortable clothing.

Step 3: Receive an AHA ACLS Provider card.

Your ACLS provider card will be issued immediately after completion of the skills evaluation.

HeartCode™ ACLS Features

• Ten interactive patient cases in hospital-based scenarios, using microsimulation technology
• Students assess patients, formulate treatment allowing user to “virtually” treat adult patients
• Immediate feedback and evaluation mechanism educates students on correct and incorrect actions through intelligent debriefing
• Full text (in PDF format) of the ACLS Provider Manual, 2005 AHA Guidelines on CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care and the ACLS Core Drugs reference guide.
• Team dynamics lesson
• Pre-course self-assessment gauging knowledge of ECG recognition and pharmacology

HeartCode_™ ACLS Benefits

• Available to providers at their convenience anytime, anywhere
• Improve ACLS skills by receiving instant, objective feedback and evaluation through intelligent debriefing that reviews the student’s patient interventions and provides suggestions for improvement
• Save time by completing the certification process faster
• Up to 12 hours CME/CE/CEH credit upon successful completion of Part 1 cognitive portion
• Engaging interactive content
• Self-paced instruction to accommodate different learning styles
• Access the patient scenarios and AHA text material for up to 2 years

Course Fee is $225 and includes all three steps.

CME / CEH / CE offered for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and EMT/Paramedics

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Types of Rhythms Where Pacing Is Indicated
• Bradycardias that are unresponsive to drug therapy or are symptomatic
• 2nd degree heart block type II
• 3rd degree heart block

Clinical Note:
Atropine may be given to 2nd degree type II heart block or a narrow complex 3rd degree heart block as a trial but, when detected, the American Heart Association ACLS guidelines recommend that these dysrhythmias be managed by immediate application of the transcutaneous pacer and close observation of the patient for any signs of hemodynamic instability, e.g., shortness of breath – hypotension – altered level of consciousness – chest pain – pallor – nausea & vomiting – profuse sweating. If unstable and in 2nd degree heart block type II or 3rd degree heart block, then the pacer should be used to correct the rate only until transvenous pacing can be accomplished by a qualified person.

Remember from earlier in the reading that if a patient is bradycardic and hemodynamically unstable, as described in the previous paragraph, then transcutaneous pacing should be considered as a first line treatment.
Setting a transcutaneous pacemaker will be discussed in the electrical therapy station on day 1 of ACLS

Three Basic Rhythms
There are 3 categories of abnormal rhythms: too fast, too slow or none. Patients with any dysrhythmia may be stable, unstable or in cardiac arrest. Recognizing which type of patient you have will decide your treatment choices: medicine, electrical, and/or mechanical (BLS).

Too Fast
The first rhythm is too fast. Our goal is to slow it down. We have two methods to slow down a rhythm: electrical therapy and/or medicine. If the patient is hemodynamically stable, pharmacology should be the first line treatment. If our patient were hemodynamically unstable, synchronized cardioversion should be the first line treatment.

Too Slow
The second rhythm is too slow. Our goal is to speed it up. We have two methods of speeding up a rhythm: electrical therapy and/or medicine. If the patient is hemodynamically stable, pharmacology should be the first line treatment. If our patient were hemodynamically unstable, transcutaneous pacing should be the first line treatment.

None
Ventricular fibrillation, pulseless ventricular tachycardia, pulseless electrical activity and asystole are the dysrhythmias associated with cardiac arrest. As these are lethal dysrhythmias, management must be quick and aggressive.

Purpose

This Dual Option course is designed to teach the knowledge and skills required to implement the American Heart Association’s ACLS treatment guidelines in the learner’s practice setting and improve the outcomes for adult patients with cardiac arrest and other cardiopulmonary emergencies.

 Target Audience

The participant in this course is a currently active healthcare provider based in a practice setting that requires ACLS knowledge and skills as a condition of employment. The 1-Day option is targeted to those experienced ACLS providers who routinely use ACLS in their practice setting as a part of their job duties.  The 2-Day option is for all other providers.

Prerequisites

Providers enrolling in the ACLS provider course are required to be proficient in the following:

• Performing BLS CPR skills using 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC
• Reading and interpreting ECGs
• Understanding ACLS drugs
• Performing the BLS Survey and the ACLS Survey

The choice of enrollment option is determined by the level of proficiency in the prerequisites.  The participant will be required to self assess their level of knowledge and skills by logging onto the American Heart Association web site (www.heart.org/eccstudent using the password “compression”) prior to registration.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

• Recognize and initiate early management of periarrest conditions that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
• Demonstrate proficiency in providing BLS care, including prioritizing chest compressions and integrating use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• Recognize and manage respiratory arrest
• Recognize and Manage cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post-cardiac arrest care
• Recognize and initiate early management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including appropriate disposition
• Recognize and initiate early management of stroke, including appropriate disposition
•  Demonstrate effective communication as a member or leader of a resuscitation team and recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance

2-Day Option

The course fee for the 2-Day option is $200  and includes the Nursing Unlimited Homestudy Guide and ACLS Provider Manual from Nursing Unlimited’s Library (which is to be returned at the end of class, or may be purchased for $30).

1-Day Option

The course fee for the 1-Day option is $140  and includes the Nursing Unlimited Homestudy Guide and ACLS Provider Manual from Nursing Unlimited’s Library (which is to be returned at the end of class, or may be purchased for $30).

If you are not practicing ACLS as a regular part of your professional role in your healthcare facility, it is recommended that you carefully read the pre-requisites to choose the correct course option.

Please remember to include $5.00 for shipping and handling.

***Florida Board of Nursing  no longer offers contact hours for the ACLS Update course***

A current BLS for Healthcare Providers card is no longer a prerequisite for entry into the ACLS program; the AHA requires “BLS SKILLS”.  However, if your BLS card has expired or is about to expire and you wish to renew, we still offer BLS certification within the ACLS course for a discounted price of $25.

LIST OF CLASSES:

Training for Lay Rescuers

Heartsaver CPR

Heartsaver First Aid

Heartsaver AED

Training for Healthcare Providers

BLS for Healthcare Providers – Initial Provider Course

BLS for Healthcare Providers – Renewal Course

BLS for Healthcare Providers – Online Renewal Course

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course

ACLS Renewal for the Highly Experienced Practitioner

ACLS HeartCode

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course

Instructor Classes

AHA Instructor Core

BLS Instructor Class

ACLS Instructor Class

PALS Instructor Class

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