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Fortis Hospital, Mohali in collaboration with Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services (IIEMS) is conducting a three day Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Provider Course from 7^th to 9^th August 2008.

ACLS Provider course is designed by the American Heart Association for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the resuscitation of a patient, whether in or out of hospital. It teaches the concepts of Basic Life Support as well as the approach to the diagnosis and management of the four cardiac arrest rhythms, isolated respiratory arrest, tachyarrhythmia, bradyarrhythmias, acute coronary syndrome and stroke. In addition, emphasis is laid upon teaching the effective resuscitation team dynamics. The mode of teaching is through active student participation in a series of simulated cardiovascular cases, demonstration by instructors or video; and discussion and role playing.

The candidates will be provided with the ACLS provider manual and a student CD beforehand and will be required to go through them before coming for the course.

BLS will be covered on day one, ACLS on day two and day three of the course. The candidates will be required to take a written and a practical exam at the end of the course to be entitled to get the course completion certificate and the ACLS wallet card.

A total of 50 candidates will be registered on first come first serve basis. The registration form is attached.

For any queries, please contact Dr. Parvinder Kaur Chawla at 98726 69334.

Report of the ACLS Course straight from Fortis Hospital, Mohali

Fortis Hospital, Mohali in collaboration with Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services (IIEMS) conducted a three day Advanced Cardiovascular

Life Support (ACLS) Provider Course from August 7 to August 9 2008. This course was held under the auspices of the American Heart Association (AHA) and IIEMS. It was an all encompassing, interesting and informative training session attended by around 45 young doctors and nursing staff from in and around the region.

ACLS Provider course is designed by the American Heart Association for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the resuscitation of a patient, whether in or out of hospital. It teaches the concepts of Basic Life Support as well as the approach to the diagnosis and management of the four cardiac arrest rhythms, isolated respiratory arrest, tachyarrhythmia, bradyarrhythmias, acute coronary syndrome and stroke. In addition, emphasis is laid upon teaching the effective resuscitation team dynamics. The mode of teaching is through active student participation in a series of simulated cardiovascular cases, demonstration by instructors or video; and discussion and role playing. The candidates were provided with the ACLS provider manual and a student CD beforehand and were required to go through them before coming for the course.

BLS was covered on day one, ACLS on day two and day three of the course. The candidates were required to take a written and a practical exam at the end of the course to be entitled to get the course completion certificate and the ACLS wallet card.

Whenever someone is thrown into a new environment-a live situation of a collapsed, unresponsive, dead patient it brings in a lot of apprehension. This training capsule helped alleviate all fear and confusion regarding the whole act/ procedure of performing a cardiopulmonary resuscitation-albeit successfully. It was a hands on practical training on manikins. Training program included practical handling of equipment. The schedule comprised of:

• Basic Life Support- Resuscitation using bare hands.
  
• Advanced airway management- Intubations, use of LMA, NPA etc.
  
• Advanced cardiac life support-CPR with use of defibrillator and drugs.
• How to use a defibrillator.
  
• Understanding of basic ECG rhythms.
  
• Management of arrhythmias.
  
• Performing cardio version.
  
• Alert for reversible/treatable causes of cardiac arrest.
  
• Time bound management of stroke and acute coronary syndrome.
  
• Drugs used in life support measures.

The session kicked off with an icebreaker interactive session where the whole batch was divided into smaller groups who were allotted various stations. Time bound rotation on all workstation was mandatory ensuring everyone got a chance for practice. A well trained faculty comprising of AHA certified instructors (in house plus from Delhi- Fortis Vasant Kunj, Apollo hospital, Batra hospital) ensured the “students” remained on their toes. They conducted excellent mini lectures and hands on sessions. Day 1 and Day 3 ended with assessment tests for BLS and ACLS respectively. The F & B deptt. ensured full tummies for everyone with their sumptuous meals and snacks.

Needless to say that no stone was left unturned in ensuring that finally all who attended the course would prove to be an asset each time and everytime when faced with a life threatening situation.