Course Description

The course's curriculum is in compliance with Saudi Heart Association Guidelines ( SHA Guidelines /Emergency Cardiovascular Care CPR Guidelines ( ECC CPR) latest evidenced-based guidelines ). At LSTC/ATA, we educate healthcare practitioners to deliver quality patient care, advance healthcare algorithms and make a difference in the patient care. The CPR & AED learning programs increase survival rates by training healthcare providers and lay rescuers on the skills needed to respond to emergency situations quickly, promptly, and effectively and eventually reduce morbidity and mortality.

Basic Life Support (BLS)

The Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers classroom course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals with the following skills:

• The ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies.
• Provide CPR.
• Using an AED.
• Relieve choking in a safe, timely, and effective manner.

Content

• Critical concepts of high-quality CPR.
• The Chain of Survival.
• Rescuer CPR and AED for adults, children, and infants.
• Differences between adult, child, and infant rescue techniques.
• Bag-mask techniques for adults, children, and infants.
• Rescue breathing for adults, children, and infants.
• Relief of choking/foreign body airway obstruction for adults, children, and infants.
• CPR with an advanced airway.

Format

Instructor-led, hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency and consistency. The initial provider course completion time requirement is approximately 5-6 hours, including skills practice, skills testing, and written evaluation. The renewal course time requirement is approximately 4 hours, including skills practice and evaluation.

Target Audience

For all healthcare professionals such as:

• Physicians.
• Dentists.
• Nurses.
• Respiratory therapists.
• Technologists.

Card Type

SHA BLS for Healthcare Providers course completion card valid for two years.

Evaluation Method

• Multiple choice is written exam and Active participation in all CPR skills (Adult CPR, Child/Infant CPR, Barrier devices & AED, FBAO)
• Participant’s Material.
• Provider Manual Latest edition.

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Heartsaver® First Aid Course

Provides participants with the critical skills and knowledge necessary to manage an emergency in the first few minutes until the emergency medical services (EMS) takes over. This course also teaches adult CPR AED.

Content

• First aid basics (including scene safety, finding the problem, calling for help, and more).
• Medical emergencies (including actions for choking, breathing problems, shock, and more).
• Injury emergencies (including actions for bleeding, broken bones, burns, and more).
• Environmental emergencies (including actions for bites and stings, temperature-related and poison emergencies).
• Adult CPR AED (with a mask).

Optional modules include child CPR AED and infant CPR including a child and infant choking.

Format

Video-based- Instructor-led, hands-on class format. The course incorporates the Practice-While-Watching technique, which allows Instructors to observe students, provide feedback and guide them to fully acquire the skills.

Target Audience

Anyone with limited or no medical training seeking a course completion card in first aid, CPR and AED to meet job, regulatory or other requirements.

Card Type

SHA course completion card valid for two years.

Evaluation Method

Successful completion including skills demonstration and CPR AED skills test.

Upon successful completion and skills demonstration, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid course completion card valid for two years.

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Heart Saver CPR AED

Heart Saver CPR AED course has been updated to involve the latest science in ILCOR Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Content

This video-based classroom course teaches CPR, AED use, and child CPR and AED use choking in an adult, child or infant.

Format

Practice-While-Watching consistent, accurate modeling of skills performance on the course video. Adult, child and infant skills are presented in three separate modules for extra flexibility.

Target Audience

Any individual seeking to learn CPR in an Instructor-led or facilitated group environment.

Card Type

No card is provided upon completion of this course.

Evaluation Method

There is no written evaluation for this course.

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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

Description

The course follows the recent International Resuscitation Guidelines in advanced cardiovascular life support endorsed by SHA. This course highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication as well as systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care.

Content

• Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an (AED).
• Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest.
• Recognition and early management of special consideration.
• Airway management and vascular access skill lab.
• ECG and dysrhythmia interpretation and related pharmacology.
• Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke.
• Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team.
• Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics.
• ECG and dysrhythmia interpretation.
• Pharmacology
• Acute Coronary Syndrome.
• Acute Stroke.
• Lethal Arrhythmias ,Bradycardia and Tachycardia.

Format

Instructor-led classroom course with large-group classroom and small-group learning and testing skills where case-based scenarios are presented.

Target Audience

Healthcare professionals in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes the following:

• Emergency Response Team.
• Emergency Room Team (Adult ).
• Intensive Care and Critical Care Unit’s Staff.
• Any other professional with a job description require the completion of this course.

Card Type

SHA Provider Card valid for two years.

Evaluation Method

Multiple choice written exams and various skills test including demonstration of skills competency in all learning stations (Airway management, Dysrhythmia ,IV/CVC , ECG recognition) and Megacode

Length

Two days interactive course with multidisciplinary skills stations

CME hours

19 CME hours (if available)

Participant’s Material

Provider Manual latest edition and ECC Guidelines.

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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

The objective of the PALS Course is to have a better quality of care and management protocol provided to ill or injured children, resulting in decreasing morbidity and mortality

• Classroom-based interactive course with group discussion and hands on skill room.
• Course includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations
• Course is comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations
• Includes skills such as BLS Child and Infant CPR , Vascular Access, Rhythm Disturbance and Defibrillator , Clinical Test Cardiac and Respiratory Shock Cases and Respiratory Station.
• Two days interactive course with multidisciplinary skills stations
• Accredited with Saudi Heart Association
• CME 15 Hours approved from SCHS (if available)
• Curriculum put forth by Saudi Heart Association/American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Certificate validity 2 years

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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Description

The NRP course provides Healthcare providers with the basic knowledge to care for the neonatal patient in cardiac arrest and to manage resuscitation efforts in conditions that can potentially lead to arrest.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Identify life-threatening conditions which require resuscitation and identify risk factors that can help predict which infants may require resuscitation.
• Identify the equipment and personnel needed to resuscitate a newborn.
• Demonstrate cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize the neonate respiratory failure or cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Demonstrate how to manage the post resuscitation period.

Target Audience

• Neonatologists.
• Pediatricians.
• Emergency physicians.
• Nurses.
• Paramedics.
• Respiratory therapists.
• Other healthcare providers who initiate and direct advanced life support in neonatal emergencies.

Card Type

SNRP provider card.

Evaluation Method

Multiple choice online exam and skills test.

Length

Approximately 8 hours (one full day).

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Advanced Trauma Life Support Courses (ATLS)

The course provides the essential information and skills required for providers to identify and treat life threatening injuries under the extreme circumstances associated with these situations in the fast-paced and anxious environment of a trauma room.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of concepts and principles of patient assessment and management.
• Acquire the necessary skills to diagnose and treat traumatic injuries.
• Establish management priorities in single & multiple trauma.
• Perform the initial assessment and management of trauma victims.

Target Audience

Physicians in the fields of Acute care, OR, Surgical & Orthopedic areas. Nurses and technicians can benefit by attending as observers/auditors.

Card Type

ATLS card issued by the American College of Surgeons and valid for three years.

Evaluation Method

• Pre-test MCQs exam (multiple choice questions).
• Skills practice and exams in various stations as per the curriculum.
• Post-test MCQs.

Length

• 2 Days.

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