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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
EMC 116 | Title:
ADV CARDIAC LIFE SUP |
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| Full Title:
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
| Last Reviewed:1/25/2021 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | .50 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 2 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 4.00 |
| Minimum | .50 | Lab Scheduled | 6.00 | 1 min. | Lab Scheduled | 12.00 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 8.00 | | Contact Total | 16.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 8.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 24.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
P/NP Only
Repeatability:
27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
EMC 275.2
Catalog Description:
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Designed for nursing, medical, para-medical or allied health personnel whose daily occupation demands proficiency and certification in the knowledge of advance cardiac life support skills. Student is able to analyze life threatening cardiac emergencies and apply advanced principles of cardiac and respiratory anatomy and physiology. Curriculum adheres to the American Heart Association Advance Cardiac Life Support standards.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
None
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Course adheres to the American Heart Association standards that participants are physicians, RN's or paramedics actively involved or required by law to be certified as advanced life support providers.
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Application of cardiac and respiratory anatomy & physiology to perform advanced cardiac life support. Course adheres to the American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support standards.
(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:None
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:Course adheres to the American Heart Association standards that participants are physicians, RN's or paramedics actively involved or required by law to be certified as advanced life support providers.
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the application of basic life support
measures.
2. Identify and discuss life threatening arrhythmias.
3. List the major causes of cardio-pulmonary arrest
4. Demonstrate knowledge of current drug therapy involved in the
definitive treatment of cardio-pulmonary arrest.
5. Demonstrate the use of a cardiac monitor and defibrillating
equipment.
6. Demonstrate the management of an emergency cardio-pulmonary arrest,
stabilization, and the procedure in transporting a patient to
the critical care unit.
7. Discuss any changes in the medical legal implications of
resuscitative procedure.
8. Discuss the interpersonal problems encountered during a resuscitative
procedure among professional staff.
9. Describe and demonstrate the use of adjunctive equipment for airway
and ventilatory maintenance.
Topics and Scope
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1. Review basic life support measures
a. cardio pulmonary resuscitation
b. automatic early defibrillation
c. airway
2. Airway management
a. oral and nasal adjuncts
b. assisted ventilation
c. endotracheal intubation
3. Arythymia
a. atrial
b. ventricular
c. blocks
4. Cardio Pulmonary Arrest
5. Cardiac Resuscitation
a. monitor/defibrillation
b. medical legal
c. code management
6. Drug therapy
a. pharmacology
b. method of delivery
Assignments:
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Homework: Read approximately 34 pages per week of Advanced Cardiac Life
Support Text.
Memorize 7 resuscitation scenarios
Code team participation algorithms
Identify 7 EKG rhythms
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 50% |
| Class performances, Performance exams, code team participation | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 75% |
| Multiple choice, identify EKG | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 10% |
| resuscitation protocol | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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ACLS Provider Manual, 2006, American Heart Assn.
Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for HealthCare Providers 2006,
American Heart Assn.
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