AHA ACLS Renewal June 8, 2020 (INCLUDES Provider Manual and FREE BLS!) from 9 AM to 3 PM at Saving American Hearts, Inc. 6165 Lehman Drive Suite 202 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918.

AHA ACLS Renewal June 8, 2020 (INCLUDES Provider Manual and FREE BLS!) from 9 AM to 3 PM at Saving American Hearts, Inc. 6165 Lehman Drive Suite 202 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918.(INCLUDES FREE BLS and the New 2015 Provider Manual E-Book!)

**PLEASE DO NOT PAY FOR YOUR CLASS IN ADVANCE. INSTEAD, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO admin@savingamericanhearts.com TO REGISTER FOR CLASS.  NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN DURING COVID-19. 

YOU CAN PAY FOR YOUR CLASS WHEN YOU ARRIVE, AND STILL GET THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL AND STUDY GUIDE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT.**

Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACLS is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care. The cost of this course is $275. Please register and pay for the class at: https://savingamericanhearts.com/aha-acls-advanced-cardiac-life-support-renewal This a 6 hour classroom course. The American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support Renewal class includes watching the ACLS Update video and hands on learning stations for CPR, AED, respiratory and cardiac arrest, ACLS algorithms, drugs, rhythm recognition, and using advanced airway devices. Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. This course is required of most registered nurses, nurses working in the Emergency Dept, Cardiac Unit, or Critical Care unit, telemetry or heart monitored unit, paramedics, EMTs and Emergency Personnel as well as physicians, nurse practitioners, those who work electrophysiology departments or urgent care centers. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) also teaches management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke, the management of respiratory and cardiac arrest, CPR, effective chest compressions and ventilation with a bag mask device (BVM) and the use of an AED. We will review the steps to cardiovert, defibrilate and perform external pacing. You will practice hands on techniques and participate in the learning stations before taking the written exam and the hands on skills testing portion of the class. In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented. At the end of the class you will take a written test of 50 questions and successfully perform as a team leader in a case scenario. Skills to be practiced during the course include: • BLS and ACLS Surveys • Airway Management • Rhythm Recognition • Defibrillation • IV Access (information only) • Use of Medications • Cardioversion • Transcutaneous Pacing • 1-rescuer CPR and AED • Team Resuscitation Concept (Team Leader and Team Member) • Immediate Post-Cardiac Arrest Care • 1-Rescuer CPR and AED use • Science Overview (Update Course) • Team Dynamics • Respiratory Arrest • Peri-arrest Rhythms (Tachycardia, Bradycardia) • Arrest Rhythms (VF, PVT, PEA, Asystole) • Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) • Stroke • Megacode treatment • Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device and use of an AED • Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team • Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics • Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke • Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia • Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest • Related pharmacology. How to Get Ready The American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Course is designed to teach you the lifesaving skills required to be both a team member and a team leader in either an in-hospital or an out-of-hospital setting. If you have any questions about the course please call Catherine Brinkley at (719) 551-1222 or email admin@savingamericanhearts.com