AMPA ACLS Course criteria - October 2008
1. Minimum
A four hour CPR course during each year of the three year cycle
2. Recommendation
An eight hour training course during the three year cycle.
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ACLS courses must include the following (adult and paediatric):
1. CPR (updated guidelines on latest accepted practice)
2. Defibrillation
 Manual defibrillator
 Automated defibrillator
3. Management of airways
 CPR
 Endotracheal intubation
 Alternatives to endotracheal intubation – laryngeal mask airways
 Airway adjunctive equipment
4. Emergency cardiac resuscitation drugs
5. Emergency scenarios
 Cardio-respiratory arrest
 Collapse/syncope
 AMI
 Anaphylaxis
 ECG abnormalities
If approved by the Professional Standards Committee, the courses listed below, or
similar, would be accepted as an alternative to ACLS for one year of the three year cycle.
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ATLS
APLS
EMST
ELS
EMSB
PALS
(Advanced Trauma Life Support)
(Advanced Paediatric Life Support
(Early Management of Severe Trauma)
(Emergency Life Support)
(Emergency Management of Severe Burns)
(Paediatric Advanced Life Support)