Clinical Staff Development
Leadership - Engagement – Communication – Education
ACLS – BLS – PALS – CPR- First Aid
ACLS Mixed Provider Course
Dear ACLS Provider Course student:
Welcome to the ACLS Provider Course.
Location:
Clinical Staff Development,
Dade City Business Center, Suite 345,
15000 Citrus Country Boulevard, Dade City Florida, 33523
Please plan to arrive on time because it will be difficult for late students to catch up once we
start. Students are expected to attend and participate in the entire course.
What We Sent You
We have enclosed the agenda and your copy of the ACLS Provider Manual, (If you ordered it
from us.) which includes access to a Student Website. We have also included a set of sample
cardiac rhythms for your review.
How to Get Ready
The ACLS Provider 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.
Because the ACLS Provider Course covers extensive material in a short time, you will need
to prepare for the course beforehand.
Precourse Requirements
You should prepare for the course by doing the following:
1. Complete the precourse preparation checklist that came with your ACLS Provider
Manual. Bring the checklist with you to the course.
2. Review the course agenda.
3. Review and understand the information in your ACLS Provider Manual. Pay particular
attention to the 10 cases in Part 5.
4. The resuscitation scenarios require that your BLS skills and knowledge are current. You
will be tested on 1-rescuer adult CPR and AED skills at the beginning of the ACLS
Provider Course. You must know this in advance, since you will not be taught how to do
CPR or how to use an AED.
5. Review, understand, and complete the ECG and Pharmacology Precourse SelfAssessment on the Student Website (www.heart.org/eccstudent .) Log in code
“compression” You will not be taught how to read or interpret ECGs in the course, nor
will you be taught details about ACLS pharmacology.
6. Print your scores for the Precourse Self-Assessment and bring them with you to class.
What This Course Does Not Cover
The ACLS Provider Course does not teach algorithms, ECG rhythm recognition, or
pharmacology. If you do not learn and understand the ECG and pharmacology information
in the Precourse Self-Assessment, it is unlikely that you can successfully complete the ACLS
Provider Course.
What to Bring and What to Wear
Bring your ACLS Provider Manual to each class. You will need it during each lesson in the
course. You may wish to purchase the AHA’s 2010 Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular
Care for Healthcare Providers (optional), which you may bring to the course to use as a
reference guide during some of the stations in the course.
Please wear loose, comfortable clothing to class. You will be practicing skills that require
you to work on your hands and knees, and the course requires bending, standing, and
lifting. If you have any physical condition that might prevent you from engaging in these
activities, please tell an instructor. The instructor may be able to adjust the equipment if you
have back, knee, or hip problems.
We look forward to welcoming you . If you have any questions about the course, please call
(813) 469-3344
Clinical Staff Development
SAMPLE ACLS Mixed Provider Course Agenda
ACLS includes a Precourse Self-Assessment that is required by your Training Center.
Please enter the code found at the bottom of page ii in the front of your course manual
to access the student supplementary materials and pretest for your course.
Please remember to complete a Pretest (with a score of 84% or higher) and
bring the current AHA- ACLS Provider manual
Pretest materials are available @ www.heart.org/eccstudent
Log in code “compression”
Instructor: Francis Kennard
0800 – 1200
Registration and Welcome
PowerPoint Presentation
Course Overview
ACLS Rhythm and Pharmacology Review
Technology Review
ACLS Science Video
BLS Primary and ACLS Secondary Survey
CPR/AED Practice
Megacode and Resuscitation Team Concept
ACS and Stroke Videos
Airway Skills
Break
1200 – 1300
Renewal Course – Megacode and Written Exam
Dismissal
1300 – 1400
Full Course - LUNCH
1400 – 1630
Arrhythmias
Bradycardia
Stable/Unstable Tachycardia
VF/VT
Break
Megacode practice
Written Exam
Remediation / Evaluation / Dismiss
No funds received for training are forwarded to the American Heart Association.
Clinical Staff Development
Sample Cardiac Rhythms
SR vs. PEA
Sinus Brady
Sinus Tach
A Fib
A Flutter
V Tach
Monomorphic V Tach
V Fib
Asystole
Second Degree AV Block Type 1 (Mobitz I/Wenckebach)
Second Degree AV Block Type 2
SVT