Course Overview

ACLS builds on the foundation of lifesaving basic life support (BLS) skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. This advanced course highlights the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication; systems of care; and recognition of and intervention in cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

The ACLS course is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units -- such as physicians, nurses, and paramedics -- as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for job or other requirements.

Before taking the ACLS course, students must pass the online ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment with a score of 70% or higher. This test is part of the ACLS student Web site (access granted with purchase of the ACLS Provider Manual).

This DVD set allows Instructors to teach the ACLS course in a classroom-based or blended-learning format. It also includes segments for teaching the course on a renewal basis in a classroom-based format.

• Disc one (classroom-based format)
  • Life Is Why™
  • Science of Resuscitation
  • Systematic Approach
  • High-Quality BLS
  • Airway Management
  • Acute Coronary Syndromes
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke
  • Team Dynamics
  • Megacode (out-of-hospital)
  • Megacode (in-hospital)
  • Cardiac Arrest Algorithm
  • Bradycardia Algorithm
  • Tachycardia Algorithm
  • Immediate Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Algorithm
  • Intraosseous Access
  • Coping with Death
• Disc two (update course and blended-learning classroom portion)
  • Update course
    • Science of Resuscitation
    • Systematic Approach
    • Team Dynamics
    • Megacode (out-of-hospital)
    • Megacode (in-hospital)
  • HeartCode ACLS (blended-learning classroom portion)
    • High-Quality BLS
    • Airway Management
    • Team Dynamics
    • Megacode (out-of-hospital)
    • Megacode (in-hospital)

DVD set is for use by American Heart Association ACLS Instructors.

Dimensions and Specifications

2-disc set
Running times:

• Disc one:
  • Classroom-based format: 114 minutes
• Disc two:
  • Classroom-based update course: 42 minutes
  • Blended-learning format: 37 minutes

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Additional Supplies Needed for Operation

To teach the ACLS course, you will also need:

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Instructor Manual
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Provider Manual Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Poster Set
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Emergency Crash Cart Cards

All required Instructor materials listed above are also available as part of the Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Instructor Package.

Other supplies needed to teach the ACLS course:

• DVD player or DVD-capable computer
• training manikins