American Heart Association - Instructor Manual 2020 AHA ACLS AHA - Worldpoint Ecc - 20-1107

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Product Information: MANUAL, INSTRUCTOR COURSE ACLSBLENDED LEARNING

• This course teaches the importance of preventing cardiac arrest, high-performance teams, continuous high-quality CPR, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, post-cardiac arrest care, acute dysrhythmias, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes, ACS
• Updated to reflect new science in the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC, as well as the 2019 update to the 2018 ASA Ischemic Stroke Guidelines
• Provides information for teaching the ACLS Course on an initial or update basis, including classroom-based and blended-learning options
• Designed for the healthcare professionals who direct or manage cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies; personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units; physicians, nurses, and paramedics; and others who need an ACLS course completion card for job or other requirements
• After completing the course, students should be able to: define systems of care; apply the BLS, Primary, and Secondary Assessments sequence for a systematic evaluation of adult patients; discuss how the use of a rapid response team or medical emergency team may improve patient outcomes; discuss early recognition and management of ACS, including appropriate disposition
• After completing the course, students should be able to: recognize bradycardias and tachycardias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome; perform early management of bradycardias and tachycardias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome; model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team; recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance
• After completing the course, students should be able to: recognize respiratory arrest; perform early management of respiratory arrest; recognize cardiac arrest; perform prompt, high-quality BLS including prioritizing early chest compressions and integrating early automated external defibrillator, AED, use; perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post–cardiac arrest care; evaluate resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest through continuous assessment of CPR quality, monitoring the patient’s physiologic response, and delivering real-time feedback to the team