Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACLS
The ACLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, and paramedics, as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for job or other requirements.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) builds on the foundation of Basic Life Support (BLS), emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. The hands-on instruction and simulated cases in this advanced course are designed to help enhance their skills in the recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute arrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes. Life Stat is an American Heart Association Training Site for Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). We provide 2 day ACLS Provider and 1 day ACLS Renewal Courses.
Learning Topics
Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
Management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
Airway management
Management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
Management of ACS and stroke
Related pharmacology
Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team