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BLS Healthcare Provider Course
Course Description:

The BLS healthcare Provider Course teaches CPR skills for helping victims of all ages (including doing ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of- hospital. For certified or noncertified, licensed or nonlicensed healthcare professionals.

Course Length:
Initial - 8 hours
Recertification - 4 hours

Intended Audience:
Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician assistants, residents or fellows, medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health professionals.

Student Materials
Required: Fundamentals of BLS for Healthcare Providers Manual

Card Type: Course Completion

Written/Skills Exam:
Required for completion card

BLS 2006 Schedule
Initial Certification: March 30th, June 29th, September 22nd.
Recertification: January 12, February 16, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 8, July 13, August 10, September 14, October 12, November 9, and December 22.

Contact: mhulsizer@evanhospital.com

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PALS- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course
Course Description:

The goal of the Pediatric Advance Life Support Course is to provide the learner with:

  1. Information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest
  2. Information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children.
  3. The cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock, or cardiopulmonary arrest.

Course Length: Initial - 16 hours
Recertification- 8 hours

Intended Audience:
Pediatricians, house staff, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who are responsible for the well-being of infants and children.

Student Materials
Required: PALS Manual
ECC Handbook, Strongly Recommended

Card Type:
Course Completion

Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card

2006 PALS Schedule
Initial Provider: February 24 & 25, August 17 & 18, October 20 & 21
Renewal: April 22, June 16, December 29.

Contact: mhulsizer@evanhospital.com

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ACLS Provider Course
Course Description:
The ACLS Provider Course provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest. Providers are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: a respiratory emergency, four types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA, and asystole), four types of prearrest emergencies (bradycardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia, and acute coronary syndromes) and stroke.

Course Length: Initial – 12 hours
Recertification – 8 hours

Intended Audience:
Personnel staffing emergency, intensive care or critical care departments; emergency medical providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency.

Student Materials:
Required: ACLS Provider Manual
ECC Handbook, Strongly Recommended

Card Type: Course Completion

Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card

2006 Schedule
Initial Provider: January 27 & 28, March 24 & 25, July 28 & 29
Renewal: May 20, November 11

Contact: mhulsizer@evanhospital.com

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Basic Rhythm Interpretation Course
Course Description:

The goal of the Basic Rhythm Interpretation Course is to learn a systematic approach to successfully interpreting cardiac rhythms through:

  1. Describing normal cardiac anatomy and blood flow
  2. Identifying the functions and structures of the cardiac conduction system
  3. Tracing the origin and spread of the electrical impulses through the heart
  4. Identifying the waves, intervals, and normal values of the cardiac cycle
  5. State the steps of rhythm interpretation
  6. Identify arrhythmias

Course Length: 14 hours

Intended Audience:
Healthcare providers such as nurses, working with cardiac monitored patients and healthcare providers interested in becoming an ACLS provider.

Student Materials
Basic Rhythm Interpretation Manual- provided
Calipers- Strongly Recommended

Certificate - Successful course completion

Written Exam: Required for successful course completion

2006 Schedule
March 1, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Conf. Rm A
March 2, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Conf. Rm A
March 8, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Conf. Rm A

June 14, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Conf. Rm A&B
June 21, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Conf. Rm A&B
June 23, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Conf. Rm A&B

September 12, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Conf. Rm A
September 13, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Conf. Rm A
September 20, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Conf. Rm A

November 30, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Conf. Rm A
December 4, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Conf. Rm A
December 6, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Conf. Rm A

Contact: eadams@evanhospital.com

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NNR- Neonate Resuscitation Provider Course
Course Description:
This course is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Heart Association’s International Guidelines for Emergency Cardiovascular Care of the Newborn. The Neonatal Resuscitation program is an educational program that introduces the concepts and basic skills of neonatal resuscitation. Completion of the program does not imply that an individual has the competence to perform neonatal resuscitation.

Course Length: Initial – 8 hours
Recertification - 4 hours

Intended Audience:
Healthcare providers such as nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and any other professionals working with neonatal patients.

Student Materials
Required: Neonatal Resuscitation Textbook

Card Type: Course Completion

Written Exam/Performance Checklist- Required for completion card

2006 Schedule
Provider: March 29, September 11
Renewal: February 15, March 15, April 6, May 17, August 9, October 25, November 15

Contact: spayne@evanhospital.com

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