The adult ECG & Pharmacology Course addresses a key knowledge gap in electrocardiogram (ECG) and pharmacology, and focuses on specific ECG recognition skills and drug treatment knowledge.

The course is a pre-course option for ACLS students and other healthcare providers, or is also intended for ACLS students who complete ACLS pre-course self-assessment and find they need to improve their knowledge.

Audience

The course provides training for:

• Healthcare providers whose occupation or volunteer activities require airway management skills

• Professionals in the field of resuscitation and airway management

Course Content

ECG

• Heart anatomy

• Basic electrophysiology

• Normal ECG measurements

• Basic arrhythmias

Pharmacology

• Basic ACLS drugs and usage

• Drugs, doses and routes of administration during cardiovascular emergencies

• Integrating basic drug pharmacology into ACLS algorithms

Course Format

Classroom-based (instructor and video, with skills conducted throughout)

Course length is 6.25 for both units. ECG unit is 3.5 hours and Pharmacology is 2.75 hours.

Features

• Only course available to focus on this critical knowledge

• Flexible instructional format with two units – ECG and Pharmacology – that be taught together or separately

• Fifty-page Student Workbook with colorful illustrations to be used before, during and after the course

• Open to any Instructor to teach with no requirement to be affiliated with an American Heart Association Training Center

• Instructor CD with instructor notes, lesson maps and administrative documents

Certification

ECG & Pharmacology Course Completion Certificate

This is a classroom-based course that is instructor led to present both modules, ECG and Pharmacology, together or separately depending on the need.