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COURSE OUTLINE
Title: Advanced Cardiac Emergencies
Course Number: HPD-130
Credits: 1
Date: 01/18/2006
Institution: Clackamas Community College
Outline Developed by: Merlin Curry
Type of Program: Professional/Technical
Course Description:
Develops skills at the provider level in accordance with American Heart
Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines. Successful completion of
the course and all required AHA tests lead to certification as an AHA ACLS
Provider.
Course Objectives:
ACE is designed to provide 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 pre-arrest emergencies
(bradycardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia, and acute coronary
syndromes), and stroke.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to demonstrate
competency in the management, at the advanced provider level, of the first ten
minutes of a ventricular fibrillation type cardiac arrest.
Length of Course: 33 lecture/lab hours
Grading Method: A-F
Prerequisites: None
Required Text: AHA ACLS Provider textbook.
Major Topic Outline:
1. Pulmonary edema/congestive heart failure
2. Simple VF/VT cardiac arrest
3. Complex VF/VT cardiac arrest
4. PEA cardiac arrest
5. Asystole cardiac arrest
6. Bradycardia
7. Stable tachycardia
8. Unstable tachycardia
9. Acute coronary syndromes
10. Cerebrovascular syndromes
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