Join CRANAplus in Alice Springs for the Advanced Life Support one-day course.

Workshop Content

The Advanced Life Support Program is based on ANZCOR Guidelines and best practice principles. The course will provide the remote health workforce with the advanced life support skills required in the management of the patient prior, during and after a cardio respiratory arrest with an emphasis on care in the remote and isolated setting.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Under­stand the impor­tant of ear­ly recog­ni­tion of a dete­ri­o­rat­ing patient using the ABCDE approach.
• Deliv­er stan­dard­ised adult CPR fol­low­ing the ALS algorithm.
• Man­age a car­diac arrest spe­cif­ic to rur­al and iso­lat­ed environments.
• Con­sid­er the rel­e­vant caus­es of a car­diopul­monary arrest in adults and treat reversible causes.
• Main­tain high qual­i­ty CPR with min­i­mal interruptions.
• Prompt­ly recog­nise and treat shock­able and non-shock­able rhythms.
• Under­stand the post resus­ci­ta­tion care required.
• Demon­strate accu­rate doc­u­men­ta­tion and com­mu­ni­cate a clear con­cise han­dover of find­ings and inter­ven­tions using the ISBAR approach
• Under­stand the legal and eth­i­cal con­sid­er­a­tions around ALS

Who should attend?

Designed for Nurses, Midwives, Paramedics, and Medical Officers, but open to any remote health care workers.

Cost

• $710 for members
• $810 others

Questions?

CRANAplus Frequently Asked Questions