Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction to CPR in adults

  • 2

    Basic Life Support

    • Introduction

    • Basic life support sequence

    • Early detection of cardiac arrest and airway management

    • Quality chest compressions

    • CPR Risks

    • Foreign body airway obstruction

    • Automatic external defibrillator (AED)

    • End of BLS

    • Update guides AHA 2020
  • 3

    Pediatric Basic Life Support

    • Pediatric basic life support I

    • Pediatric basic life support II
  • 4

    Advanced Life Support

    • Inmediate action after cardiac arrest

    • Advanced Life Support Algorithm 1. Shockable Rhythms

    • Advanced Life Support algorithm 2. Non-shockable rhythms

    • Airway management and ventilation 1. Basic airway management

    • Airway management and ventilation 2. Extraglottic devices

    • Airway management and ventilation 3. Orotracheal intubation and cricothyroidotomy

    • Circulatory support 1. Vasopressors and antiarrhythmics used in cardiac arrest treatment

    • Circulatory support 2. Anti-Arrhythmic drugs

    • Circulatory support 3. Additional drugs

    • Circulatory support 4. CPR techniques and devices

    • Pre-arrest arrhythmias
  • 5

    Electrical therapy

    • Introduction

    • External Automatic Defibrillators (AED)

    • Pre-defibrillation strategies

    • Defibrillation strategies I

    • Defibrillation strategies II
  • 6

    CPR teams

    • Rescue Teams Coordination I

    • Rescue Teams Coordination II

    • Rescue Teams Coordination III
  • 7

    Course material

    • Course documentation

  • 8

    End of the course

    • End of ACLS

    • Final Test