Class registration
begins at 7:30 am
Lecture begins at 8:00 am
Detailed Course Schedule
Class will be held in the EMS Education classrooms on level one of the HCMC Parking Facility at 600 Park Avenue in Minneapolis (view directions). Parking is available in the ramp and at several surface lots located nearby (view campus map). Coffee, soda, and vending machines are available in the building. There are restaurants within walking distance and a refrigerator and microwave oven available for use.
Pre-course
Work & Handouts
You are strongly encouraged to review the ACLS Provider Manual and the
handbook (we sent you by mail). To gain the most from the course review
the following:
Chapter
5, Cases 6 & 10—The Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Ischemic
Stroke (pp 23-27 & 28-57 of Handbook)
Appendix 1, pp213-224—Automated External Defibrillators (p.5 of
Handbook)
Chapter 2-- The Systematic ACLS Approach (pp.6-7 of Handbook)
Advanced
Challenges in Resuscitation
These links will open articles which are posted on the AHA website
Life-Threatening Electrolyte
Abnormalities
Toxicology in ECC
Special Challenges in ECC
This course has been designed to provide 8 hours of continuing education units. For successful course completion AND to gain an ACLS Provider renewal card, you must:
- Participate actively in the instructor-led verbal review of the critical actions for the 10 core ACLS cases
- Successfully complete a practical evaluation of CPR and AED skills (see enclosed skill check sheet)
- Successfully complete the ACLS written evaluation
We look forward
to your active participation in this fun and exciting course. If you have
any questions, please call Steven at 612-873-4851.
A cancellation fee of $39.00 will be charged for cancellations that occur within three weeks of the course start date. No refund is issued for no shows.
If you have any questions regarding course content, feel free to call me at (612) 873-2780. We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Bob Treague, MBO, NREMT-P
ACLS Program Coordinator
ACLS
Provider/ Renewal Course Schedule
Hennepin County
Medical Center
EMS Education Department
Day 1
7:30 – 8:00 Registration
8:00 – 8:30 Course Overview & Written Exam Review
8:30 – 9:30 Acute Coronary Syndromes
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:45 Acute Ischemic Stroke
10:45 – 12:45C
12:45 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 4:30 Small Group Skills Review & Evaluation Stations
4:30 – 5:00
Evaluation & Adjournment
Day 2 - Renewals
7:30 – 8:00 Registration
8:00 – 9:00 Pulmonary Edema, Hypotention/Shock
9:00 – 9:15 Break
9:15 – 10:15 Tachycardias Lecture: Stable & Unstable
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 Small Groups
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 4:15 Small Groups (continued)
4:15 - 5:00 Evalutions & Adjournment