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2005 ACLS PROVIDER COURSE DATES

 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Please call Terry Velez or Christine Merrow at (915) 545-7333, or email Terry.Velez@ttuhsc.edu, Department of Emergency Medicine for registration information. We accept most credit cards, money orders, cashiers checks, or *personal checks. (A $25.00 charge will be assessed against payer for any returned checks). If payment is made in cash, you must bring the exact amount with you. Course participation is limited. Registration deadlines are usually 2 weeks prior to course start dates.

*1-Day recert course: You will be required to provide a copy of your current ACLS provider card BEFORE you register. Be advised you will not be allowed to retake any component (i.e., pretest, post test, or megacodes) if you do not pass. No refunds.

In order to attend the ACLS provider courses offered by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso you must bring a completed pre-test with you and score 85% or better on the pre-test . (Blank pre-tests are issued at the time of registration). The pre-test is an open book test and will be evaluated at the beginning of each course.

Participants are encouraged to take advantage of the 4 ½ - hour ACLS Prep Courses offered prior to each course. (Prep course costs are included in the registration fee).

An ACLS course completion card is issued upon successful completion of the course (no CME's are issued). Course completion cards are good for 2 years.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The purpose of the ACLS provider course is to advance the education and training of all healthcare professionals who respond to patients who experience a cardiopulmonary arrest or a life-threatening cardiopulmonary emergency. The provider course is in essence an adult-focused learning and evaluation tool for healthcare providers who, as part of their professional responsibility, respond to resuscitation attempts.

The ACLS provider course is designed to review, organize, and prioritize the skill and didactic information needed to handle a cardiac arrest, events that may lead to a cardiac arrest, and events that follow a cardiac arrest. It is NOT designed as a complete course in arrhythmia recognition or pharmacology. It is designed to review those subjects.

At the end of the ACLS provider course, the successful ACLS provider will be able to manage the first 10 minutes of the resuscitation of a person who initially arrests from Ventricular Fibrillation using what the ACLS Provider Manual refers to as “the basic and advanced” skills of ACLS.

The foundation of ACLS is Basic Life Support. ACLS Guidelines have incorporated skill evaluation of Adult 1 & 2 person CPR in conjunction with an AED. Documentation of successful ACLS Provider Course completion includes a requirement that learners demonstrate satisfactory hands-on skills in adult 1 and 2 person CPR, using basic airway adjuncts and satisfactory application and operation of an AED.

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency of BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association, and any fees charged for such a course do not represent income to the Association.

For more information, please contact : Terry Velez