HEALTHCARE CERTS FL

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS)

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants

• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components

• Important early use of an AED

• Effective ventilations using a barrier device

• Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR

• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE SUPPORT (ACLS)

• 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 ACS and stroke

• Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team

PEDIATRIC TRAINING

• High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR

• Recognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention

• Recognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application of CPR within 10 seconds

• Apply team dynamics

• Differentiation between respiratory distress and failure

• Early interventions for respiratory distress and failure

• Differentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock

• Early interventions for the treatment of shock

• Differentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias

• Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias

• Post–cardiac arrest management

FIRST AID CPR AED

• First aid basics

• Medical emergencies

• Injury emergencies

• Environmental emergencies

• Preventing illness and injury

• Adult CPR and AED use

• Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies

• Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR