BLS/ACLS Renewal Class at Valley Surgery Center

BLS is a comprehensive course that focuses on teaching participants the fundamental life-saving skills to help people experiencing cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest or an airway obstruction. After completing this course, participants will have the knowledge and feel confident in their abilities to perform lifesaving skills.

This course includes:

• The AHA Chain of Survival
• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• Important early use of an AED
• Effective ventilations using a barrier device
• Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants

ACLS is a comprehensive course that builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills. ACLS is focused on identifying someone who is in cardiopulmonary arrest or experiencing other cardiovascular emergencies. It is designed for healthcare providers who may be involved with and participate in the management of patients in these types of situations.

This course includes:

• Systems of care & review of BLS
• Systematic approach
• Management of ACS and strokes
• Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
• Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions
• Cardiac Algorithms
• Cardiac Arrest: Special Situations
• High-Performance Team Roles & Dynamics

Participants who have never taken ACLS sho