BASIC LIFE SUPPORT(BLS)
GUIDELINES 2010
COURSE OUTLINE 

BLS

DAY 1 (BLS - ACLS)

Basic Life Support Concepts
Major Changes on ECC Guidelines 2010
Adult CPR
Child CPR
Infant CPR
Management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO)
Airway Management (CPR Mask, Micro Shield, and BVM Ventilation)
AED use
*Skills Return Demonstration

 

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS-ACLS)
GUIDELINES 2010
COURSE OUTLINE 

ACLS

DAY 2 (BLS - ACLS)

Basic ECG Dysrhythmia Interpretation
ECG Rate Calculation
ELECTRICAL THERAPY
Defibrillation
Cardioversion
Artificial Pacemaker

DAY 3 (BLS - ACLS)

Emergency Cardiac Drugs
ACLS Algorithms and Management
MEGA CODE Team Resuscitation Practice
*Skills Return Demonstration

DAY 4 (BLS - ACLS)

Post-validation Examination on ACLS
MEGA CODE Team Resuscitation FINAL EVALUATION

 

INTERMEDIATE INFUSION THERAPY
COURSE OUTLINE

 

INTERMEDIATE INFUSION THERAPY

DAY 1

Identification of US Standard IV Equipment
Osmolarity/ Tonicity of IV solutions
Isotonic Solutions
Hypotonic Solutions
Hypertonic Solutions
IV PUMP Manipulation
*Skills Return Demonstration: IV Pump Manipulation
 
DAY 2

Care of Patient with TPN and PPN
Continuous VS Cycling
Indications/Composition/ Complications (air embolism, glucose imbalances, hepatic dysfunction,
clotted catheter , circulatory overload)
Use of Intralipids or Fat Emulsions
Peripheral Vein Insertion
Practice Venipuncture on Forearm Dummy
*Skills Return Demonstration: ACTUAL Peripheral Vein Insertion

 

DAY 3

 

ADVANCED INFUSION THERAPY
COURSE OUTLINE

 

ADVANCED INFUSION THERAPY

Introduction to the Use of Vascular Access
Non-Tunneled (Triple Lumens/PICC Line/Mid PICC)
Tunneled Vascular Access- (Groshong, Broviac, Leonard, Quinton, Mahurkar)
Implantable Vascular Access Device – IVAD – single septum or double septa
Pulmonary Artery Line (Swan Ganz Catheter)
Dressing Change on Patient with CVC

 

 

US PHLEBOTOMY
COURSE OUTLINE

 

Definition of Phlebotomy or Venesection

• Indications / Purpose
• The How’s and Why’s of Blood Culture
• Heparin Lock and flushing solutions
• Withdrawal of Serum Specimen via Vascular Access

Phlebotomy Procedure
Practice Venesection on Arm Dummy

*Skills Return Demonstration: Actual VENESECTION/Blood Extraction

 

 

TELEMETRY NURSING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
COURSE OUTLINE

DAY 1: BASIC ECG

Introduction

• Definition of Electrocardiography
• Indications
• Various Forms of ECG Monitoring
• Why call it 12-Lead ECG?
• Why Lead II for Nurses?
• North American vs European Standard Lead Placement
• Electrical Cardiac Conduction System
• Properties of Electrical Cells
• ECG Complex

SINOATRIAL NODE

• Normal Sinus Rhythm
• Sinus Bradycardia
• Sinus Tachycardia
• Sinus Arrhythmia
• Sinus Bradyarrhythmia
• Sinus Tachyarrhythmia

ATRIA

• Atrial Tachycardia
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Atrial Flutter
• Supraventricular Tachycardia
• Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia
• Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia

AV NODE/ AV JUNCTION

• Junctional Rhythm
• Accelerated Junctional Rhythm
• Junctional Tachycardia
• Wandering Atrial Pacemaker

VENTRICLES

• Ventricular Tachycardia
• Ventricular Fibrillation
• Idioventricular Rhythm
• Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm
• Agonal Rhythm
• Ventricular Standstill
• Cardiac Standstill

ECG RATE CALCULATION

• Six-Second Strip Method
• Division Method or 1500 Method
• Box Method or Sequence Method

*Practice Strips/ Test Drills

 

DAY 2: ADVANCED ECG

PREMATURE BEATS

• Premature Atrial Contractions (PACs)
• Nonconducted Premature Atrial Contractions
• Premature Junctional Contractions or Premature Nodal Contractions (PJCs/PNCs)
• Premature Ventricular Contractions
• PVCs in a Bigeminal Pattern
• PVCs in a Trigeminal Pattern
• PVCs in a Quadrigeminal Pattern
• R-on-T Pattern
• Paired PVCs/ Couplet PVCs
• Triplet PVCs
• Burst of Ventricular Tachycardia
• Interpolated PVC
• Unifocal PVCs
• Multifocal PVCs

*Practic Strips/ Test Drills

HEART BLOCKS

• Sinus Exit Block
• Sinus Arrest
• AV Block
• First Degree AV Block
• Second Degree AV Block Type 1
• Second Degree AV Block Type 2
• Third Degree AV Block
• Bundle Branch Block
• Left Bundle Branch Block
• Right Bundle Branch Block

*Practice Strips/ Test Drills

12 LEAD ECG
COURSE OUTLINE

 

• What is 12-lead ECG?
• When you do an EKG, what are you looking for?
• What do EKG lead groups have to do with cardiac anatomy? (Heart Territories and their respective Leads)
• What is the difference between coronary ischemia and a myocardial infarction?
• What does ischemia look like on a 12-lead?
• What are the stages of an MI, and what do they look like on a 12-lead EKG?
• What is reciprocity?

*Practice Strips/ Test Drills
*12 Lead ECG placement

PEDIATRIC ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (PALS)
COURSE OUTLINE

 

day 1

infant & pediatric life support
ecg lecture & ekg rhythm interpretation practice
possible causes of arrhythmias (6h’s and 5 T’s)
pediatric defibrillation and cardioversion

day 2

infant & pediatric intubation
iv access & intraosseus
pediatric pharmacology
MEGA CODE PRACTICE
pediatric mega code simulation

 

 

PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT(with DOCUMENTATION/CHARTING)
COURSE OUTLINE

DAY 1
Accurate Head to Toe Assessment 
Neurological/Psychosocial- LOC/Pupillary Reactions/Motor and Sensory
Integumentary- Denuded/Hematoma/Breakdown/Stages of Ulcers/BRADEN SCALE
Cardiovascular – Peripheral Pulses, Edema Pitting/Grading, Heart Sounds

DAY  2
Complete Guide to Documentation
Systematic Charting and Accurate Documentation
PIE /Focus/Fact/ Charting By Exception (CBE)
Computerized Charting/Voice Activated
Medication Administration and Charting – SCANNING/BARCODING

 

 

 

RESPIRATORY NURSING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
COURSE OUTLINE

DAY 1

Respiratory Assessment
Different types of breathing pattern
Normal and abnormal breath sounds
Oxygen Therapy
Low-flow System
High flow system
*Skills Return Demonstration: Respiratory Assessment

 

DAY 2

Arterial Blood Gas interpretation and management
Management of Patient with Chest Tube (use of PLEUR-EVAC)
Suctioning of Artificial Airway
Endotracheal Intubation
Use of In-line Suction, Open-Suction using Sterile Technique
*Skills Return Demonstration: Proper Suctioning and Endotracheal Intubation

DAY 3

Care of Patient with Mechanical Ventilator
Weaning Process
Basic Modes of Mechanical Ventilator
Basic Troubleshooting of low pressure and high pressure alarm
*Skills Return Demonstration: Mechanical Ventilator Use/Troubleshooting