2008 CAPA Annual Conference

ACLS Recertification

Date: 10/02/08
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Facility: Palm Springs Convention Center
Location:  Sierra/Ventura

Speaker(s): Thomas Mercier, RN, MS; Western Region, ACLS Regional Faculty of the American Heart Association; Director, CME Associates, Orange, CA

Learning Objectives:

• Manage the first 10 minutes of an arrest due to ventricular fibrillation (VF)
• Apply the 4 arrest algorithms
• Recognize and manage prearrest conditions that may lead to a cardiac arrest if left untreated, such as acute coronary syndrome, symptomatic arrhythmias, respiratory failure, acute stroke