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No problem. The ACLS class is an American Heart Association
course that consists of 2 consecutive Fridays (something like 9-4). It
combines CPR with intubation, defibrillation (and reading EKG monitors), as
well as drugs. In essence, your final is a “mega code” where the
dummy (your patient) will go from one heart rhythm to another where you have to
change your treatment accordingly based on a rhythm that you would have to
correctly identify. It is very helpful in the various cardiac arrest scenarios
you can think of. I think they even include treatment of stroke as well. The
certification is good for 2 years. As far as pre-reqs, I would say anyone can
do it although 2nd or even 3rd years might have an
easier time at it as they have had some lectures on these topics. You can also
find more information about this course on the internet or from the AHA
website. A down side is that the school does not cover this course and will
cost somewhere around 600 NIS.
Glenn
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Sackler911@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sackler911@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Yehudah
Daniel Glass
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:24 PM
To: Sackler911@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Sackler911] Ideas
Do you have more info on the ALCS course? (Dates, times, pre reqs, what is
taught, if it allows you to do anything in Israeli ERs, etc.)
On Jan 2, 2008, at 10:16 PM, Glenn Skow wrote:
I am sure everyone is very busy with studying for exams,
but I wanted to ask that everyone start thinking about what they would like to
get out of this group. Unfortunately, I have not heard any suggestions so
far. There are also I few things I would like to throw your way.
(1) How many people would be interested in doing the ACLS
(advanced cardiac life support) course after finals?
(2) If anyone is interested in stopping into the Ichilov ER
tomorrow night, I believe I will be there. You can reach me at
054.497.7317 if you decide to stop by.
(3) One idea is that we start some sort of emergency
medicine journal club/case discussion or some other kind of regular
meeting. Journal club/cases for instance can be one email sent out each
week or once a month get together, etc. Would anyone be interested in
this? We can even use the “Poll” section in the yahoo group
to place interesting cases or what not.
(4) Some interesting articles I have read:
Military-Civilian Collaboration in Trauma Care and the Senior
Visiting Surgeon Program
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/357/26/2723??eaf
Emergency medicine: Saving lives while transforming careers
http://mediwire.skyscape.com/main/Default.aspx?P=Content&ArticleID=307571
So, email me any ideas you have.
Glenn
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