Advanced Life Support Courses

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ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE SUPPORT

1. Current registration as a Medical or Dental Practitioner, Intern, Junior Intern, Professional Nurse or Paramedic
   
2. Valid Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Certificate or valid Paediatric Advanced Life Support Certificate.
   
3. Successful completion of the entry test

• Non-invasive airway techniques and devices
• Invasive airway techniques and devices
• Tracheal intubation and adjuncts

• Respiratory arrest
• Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia
• Pulseless electrical activity and asystole
• Bradycardias and tachycardias
• Acute mvocardial infarction

• Defibrillation with automated and manual defibrillators
• Synchronized cardioversion
• Transcutaneous pacing

• Peripheral IV access
• Pericardiocentesis
• Needle thoracostomy
• The use of emergency medications

• Stroke
• Cardiac arrest associated with trauma
• Ethical aspects of advanced life support

1. Each candidate will receive an American Heart Association ACLS Card upon successful completion of the Course
   
2. Accredited by the Health Professions Council of S.A. for 45 Continuing Professional Development points (including 2 points for medical ethics)
   
3. Credit points towards selected College of Medicine examinations (e.g. Diploma in Primary Emergency Care)

PAEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT

1. Current registration as a Medical or Dental Practitioner, Intern, Junior Intern, Professional Nurse or Paramedic
   
2. Valid Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider Certificate or valid Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certificate.
   
3. Successful completion of the entry test

• The paediatric chain of survival
• Recognition and management of respiratory failure
• Recognition and management of shock
• Prevention of cardio-pulmonary arrest in children
• Advanced paediatric airway management
• Rapid sequence intubation techniques
• Specialized vascular access techniques
• Paediatric fluid therapy and medications
• Rhythm disturbances and their management
• Paediatric trauma and spinal immobilization
• Paediatric and neonatal resuscitation
• Analgesia and sedation techniques
• Toxicology and toxidromes
• Post-arrest stabilization and transport
• Coping with death and dying
• Children with special healthcare needs
• Ethical and legal aspects of paediatric resuscitation
• Multiple role-play scenarios and case discussions

1. Each candidate will receive an American Heart Association PALS Provider Card upon successful completion of the Course
   
2. Accredited by the Health Professions Council of S.A. for 42 Continuing Professional Development points (including medical ethics)
   
3. Credit points towards selected College of Medicine examinations (e.g. Diploma in Primary Emergency Care)

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE SUPPORT

1. Current registration as a Medical Practitioner, Intern, Professional Nurse or Paramedic
   
2. Valid ACLS Provider Certificate issued within the previous 2 years.
   
3. Successful completion of the entry test

• Adjuncts for Oxygenation, Ventilation and Airway Control
• Devices to assist Circulation
• Emergency Cardiovascular Care Pharmacology
• 5 Quadrads Approach for Experienced Providers
• Peri-arrest Arrhythmias
• Life-threatening Causes of Chest Pain
• Advanced Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Life-threatening Electrolyte and Acid-Base Abnormalities
• Toxicology in Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
• Hypothermia and Submersion
• Severe Asthma and Anaphylaxis
• Cardiac Arrest associated with Pregnancy
• Shock and Pulmonary Oedema and Hypotension
• Trauma, Electric Shock and Lightning Strikes
• Medico-Legal aspects of Advanced Life Support
• Ethical Considerations in Emergency Cardiovascular Care
• Post-Resuscitation Stabilization and Care

1. Each candidate will receive an American Heart Association ACLS Experienced Provider Card upon successful completion of the Course
   
2. Accredited by the Health Professions Council of S.A. for 45 Continuing Professional Development points (including 2 points for medical ethics)
   
3. Credit points towards selected College of Medicine examinations (e.g. Diploma in Primary Emergency Care)

ADVANCED NEONATAL LIFE SUPPORT

• Overview and initial steps in Neonatal Resuscitation
• Neonatal Ventilation Techniques
• Neonatal Circulation Techniques
• Neonatal Intubation
• Medications for the Newly Born
• Special Circumstances and Ethical Considerations
• Ethics and Complications of Resuscitation

• Current registration as a Medical Practitioner, Intern, Junior Intern, Professional Nurse or Paramedic.
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider Certificate or ACLS Certificate or PALS Certificate.
• A comprehensive Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation and CD-ROM is supplied prior to Course participation.

1. Successful completion of the written and practical evaluations.
   
2. Accredited by the Health Professions Council of S.A. for 25 Continuing Professional Development Points. (including ethics)