About this course

Are you a new or junior staff member who works in critical care area, or respond to clinical emergencies and have not been advanced life support accredited before?

The course will provide you with the knowledge and skills in advanced life support techniques, through lectures, skills stations, and simulation. This course provides the foundations to go on to become an accredited advanced life support provider within Sydney Local Health District. 

Who should attend?

Clinicians who will be responding to cardiac arrests within a Clinical Emergency Response System or Intensive Care Unit or Emergency Department Assist Team.

What will you learn?

By the end of this course you will be able to:

1. Outline the A-G assessment and recognition of the deteriorating patient
2. Apply competent airway management with bag-mask ventilation
3. Demonstrate safe defibrillation using the COACHED acronym
4. Identify shockable and non-shockable rhythms and their appropriate management using the COACHED acronym
5. Outline first line pharmacological treatment within a cardiac arrest
6. Detail the reversible causes in advanced life support
7. Describe the rational for transcutaneous pacing and demonstrate skill in simulated environment
8. Illustrate human factors and graded assertiveness in critical situations
9. Demonstrate team roles in a simulated advanced life support scenario

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