The Postgraduate Training Center is pleased to announce the 2013 schedule of the Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).

Accreditation:

Official accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) & the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS)

Introduction:

The American Heart Association’s ACLS Course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS for Healthcare Providersskills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. This advanced, instructor-led classroom course highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care. The ACLS course also covers airway management and related pharmacology.

In the ACLS Course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented. Successful course completion includes demonstrating skills competency in all learning stations and passing the CPR and AED skills test, bag-mask ventilation skills test, a Mega code test and a written test. Upon successful completion, students receive an ACLS Provider card, valid for two years.

CME Hours:

This course is accredited with 10 CME Hours by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS).

Topics:

• Key changes in advanced cardiovascular life support, reflecting the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary
  Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
• Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device and use of an AED
• Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
• Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia.
• Airway management
• Related pharmacology
• Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke
• Effective communication as a member and leader of a Resuscitation team

Target Audience:
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.

Event website: www.heart.org/healthcaretraining  

For Registration.

For more information find attached poster and contact:
Postgraduate Training Center/NGHA ILSTC – KSAUHS/KAMC 
Registration Office

• MC: 3115
• P. O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426
• Tel. +966 (11) 8045991 or +966 (11) 8045913
• Fax: +966 (11) 8045447
• Email: ptc.registration@ksau-hs.edu.sa