Airway Management

Care of the Patient with
Chest Pain

Care of the Patient with
Sign of Stroke

Diabetes Today

Environmental Issues

Initial Burn Management

Methamphetamine
& Your Patient

Multiple Trauma

Multiple Trauma Revisited

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Designed to teach providers the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of the adult VF/VT arrest. Students are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: respiratory emergency, 4 types of cardiac arrest, and 4 types of prearrest emergencies. This course is conducted using the American Heart Association curriculum.

ACLS for Experienced Providers

This course is designed for seasoned ACLS providers who wish to renew their provider status. The course provides a stimulus for expert clinicians to identify and discuss resuscitation in special circumstances. This course is conducted using the American Heart Association’s curriculum.

Airway Management
(Patient Simulator Course)

Students will learn the following for multiple airway management interventions:

1. List the indications & contraindications
2. Describe the procedure
3. Demonstrate the procedures for use or insertion as is appropriate for the learner’s scope of practice.

Basic Life Support
(BLS or CPR)

This course is conducted using the American Heart Association curriculum.

Cardiac Rhythm Recognition

This course begins with a brief overview of the cardiac electrical system and a discussion on the characteristics of the normal ECG complex. Using a systematic approach, the learner is guided through identification of atrial, junctional and ventricular dysrhythmias, AV blocks, and paced rhythms.

Care of the Morbidly Obese Patient

This 2 ½ hour presentation is designed to increase awareness on how to effectively care for the morbidly obese patient. The program objectives are:

1. Define overweight, obese, and morbidly obese.
2. Explore health consequences of obesity and morbid obesity.
3. Understand assessment challenges and treatment strategies.
4. Identify equipment options for care.

Care of the Patient with Chest Pain (Patient Simulator Course)

On Completion of this program, the students will be able to:

1. List signs and symptoms of non-cardiac etiologies for chest pain.
2. Describe signs and symptoms of the patient presenting with an acute coronary syndrome.
3. Describe positive diagnostic study results for a patient with acute myocardial infarction.
4. Demonstrate care of the patient presenting with chest pain.

Care of the Patient with Signs of Stroke (Patient Simulator Course)

On completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. list signs and symptoms of cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
2. Describe diagnostic studies for CVA
3. Describe differential diagnoses for patients with signs and symptoms of stroke
4. Demonstrate care of the patient with an acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.

Diabetes Today (Patient Simulator Course)

On completion of this course the learner will be able to:

1. Define Diabetes Mellitus
2. Describe the pathophysiologic changes that occur resulting in Type I and Type II diabetes
3. Identify the different causes of type I and type II diabetes
4. Identify the symptoms associated with diabetes
5. Discuss disease diagnosis
6. Discuss disease management for Type I and Type II diabetes, including medical management and life-style changes.
7. Identify complications associated with diabetes and their prevention
8. Demonstrate the identification and treatment of three life-threatening complications associated with diabetes: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Syndrome, and Hypoglycemia.

Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC)

ENPC is a 16-hour course designed to provide core-level pediatric knowledge and psychomotor skills needed to care for pediatric patients in the emergency setting. The course presents a systematic assessment model, integrates the associated anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, and identifies appropriate interventions. Triage categorization and prevention strategies are included in the course content. ENPC is taught using a variety of formats, including lectures, videotapes and includes skill stations that encourage participants to integrate their psychomotor abilities into a patient situation in a risk-free setting.
ENA's Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course provides participants the opportunity to strengthen and develop their pediatric emergency nursing skills while expanding their personal growth by collaborating with nurses from a variety of practice settings. ENPC brings together participants from various emergency department settings as well as nurses working in other specialties of nursing.

Environmental Issues
(Patient Simulator Course)

On completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. List the signs and symptoms of
1. Hypothermia
2. Heat Stroke
3. Rattlesnake Envenomation
2. Describe the management of each of the emergencies listed above.
3. Demonstrate the care of the patient with each of the emergencies listed above.

Heartsaver First Aid

This American Heart Association course teaches how to manage illness and injury in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Course content includes General Principles, Medical Emergencies and Injury Emergencies. Optional topics include CPR and AED, and Environmental Emergencies.

Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid

This American Heart Association course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in a child in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Topics include First Aid Basics, Medical Emergencies, Injury Emergencies, Environmental Emergencies, Optional First Aid Topics and CPR and AED.

Initial Burn Management
(Patient Simulator Course)

At the conclusion of this program, the learner will be able to:

1. Identify special considerations unique to the initial assessment of the burn patient.
2. Determine the depth, extent and severity of a thermal burn.
3. Describe special considerations for victims with electrical burn injuries.
4. Demonstrate initial management for a patient with burns.

Instructor Courses: BLS, ACLS & PALS

Please contact us for information on American Heart Association Instructor Courses.

Medical Aspects of Body Piercing

This 2 ½ hour presentation details information on managing patients with piercings. The program objectives are:

1. List types of body piercings.
2. Describe how to remove body jewelry.
3. Detail special considerations when conducting medical exams and procedures for patients with body piercings.

Methamphetamine & Your Patient (Patient Simulator Course)

On completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Describe physiological signs of use of methamphetamine
2. List psychological effects of methamphetamine
3. Detail care of children who were in a clandestine meth lab.
4. Demonstrate care of the patient who is under the influence of methamphetamine.

Multiple Trauma
(Patient Simulator Course)

On completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Conduct a primary survey.
2. Identify all life threatening conditions
3. Perform or assist in performing interventions for life threatening conditions.
4. Demonstrate care of the multiple trauma patient.

Multiple Trauma Revisited
(Patient Simulator Course)

This course may be used as a refresher for students who have attended the original Multiple Trauma course, or opt for a shorter didactic presentation. The lecture provides an overview of life-threatening trauma. The new scenarios provide students an opportunity to care for complex trauma patients.

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

This course has been designed to teach an evidence-based approach to resuscitation of the newborn. The causes, prevention, and management of mild to severe neonatal asphyxia are carefully explained so that health professionals may develop optimal knowledge and skill in resuscitation.  The one-day curriculum is under the auspices of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

The Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training program is a holistic behavior management system based on the philosophy of providing the best Care, Welfare, Safety, and SecuritySM for staff and those in their care, even during the most violent moments. The program focuses on preventing disruptive behavior by communicating with individuals respectfully and with concern for their well-being. The program teaches physical interventions only as a last resort—when an individual presents an imminent danger to self or others—and all physical interventions taught are designed to be nonharmful, noninvasive, and to maintain the individual's dignity. Follow-up debriefing strategies are also key components of the training program. This 1 1/2-day course is conducted by an instructor certified by the Crisis Prevention Institute.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

The goal of this course is to teach students how to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest, to provide students with strategies for preventing cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children, and to teach students how to perform the cognitive and psychomotor skills for resuscitating and stabilizing infants and children in respiratory failure, shock, or cardiopulmonary arrest. This course is conducted using the American Heart Association curriculum.

Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization (PEARS) Course

This one-day American Heart Association course is ideal for prehospital providers, in-hospital healthcare providers outside of critical and emergency care areas, and outpatient clinic staff. The PEARS course helps build the foundation for core assessment and recognition knowledge, including how to:

1. Identify a pediatric victim at risk of severe cardiopulmonary distress.
2. Recognize the signs of impending respiratory failure or shock.
3. Initiate the appropriate treatment for cardiopulmonary failure & arrest, respiratory distress & failure, and shock.
4. Follow recommended procedures for preventing disability and death in children. This American Heart Association course .

Team Leadership Training

A facility may choose to conduct some or all of the nine modules. Modules include:

• Modeling Values
• Communication
• Managing Relationships
• Mastering Change
• Managing Stress
• Delegating
• Problem Solving
• Conflict Management
• Envisioning the Future

TeamSTEPPS (Strategiesand Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety)

A teamwork system designed to improve quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare; offering a powerful solution to improving patient safety within your organization. TeamSTEPPS™ is an evidence-based teamwork system aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and other teamwork skills among healthcare professionals. TeamSTEPPS™ was developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) Patient Safety Program, in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)

This Emergency Nurses Association course prepares the nurse to provide care for the trauma patient. The TNCC is a 16 hour course designed to provide the learner with cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills.

Safe Sitter ®

Safe Sitter ® teaches adolescent babysitters how to handle crises, how to keep their charges secure, and how to nurture and guide a young child. In short, Safe Sitter ® babysitters help children stay safe and sound while their parents are away. In the process, these 11-to-13-year-olds emerge as more confident, responsible and compassionate teens and adults.