For healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiac arrest, stroke, or other cardiopulmonary emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, critical care/intensive care, and surgery such as Physicians, Nurses, and Paramedics, as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for a job or other requirement.
What does this course teach?
- Systematic approach (assessment)
- High-quality BLS
- Airway management
- Rhythm recognition
- Defibrillation
- Intravenous (IV) intraosseous (IO) access (information only)
- Use of medications
- Cardioversion
- Transcutaneous pacing
- High-performance teams
12 Lead EKG of some basic rhythms. More can be found in our Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Class
Sinus Rhythms
Sinus Rhythm
Rate 60 – 100
Sinus Bradycardia
Rate less than 60
Sinus Tachycardia
Rate above 100
Atrial Rhythms
Atrial fibrillation
Rate is Irregularly irregular
Atrial Flutter
Sawtooth pattern