The Healthcare Training Academy presents:
American Heart Association (AHA)
ECG & Emergency Pharmacology
(A LIVE Webinar Program)
About:
The ECG and Emergency Pharmacology course is an excellent introduction to ECG and Emergency Pharmacology. This is a perfect course to bring you up to speed with ECG rhythm recognition, cardiac physiology, and pharmacology of dosage and administration of agents during a patient emergency. Moreover, upon completion of this program, you will receive 2 American Heart Association (AHA) certificates (ECG and Emergency Pharmacology), and you will be prepared to undertake Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses, should you be preparing to take either of these programs.
Topics Include:
ECG
- Heart Anatomy
- Basic Electrophysiology
- Normal ECG Measurements
- Basic Arrhythmias
- and much more...
Pharmacology
- ACLS & PALS Drugs & Usage
- Drugs, Doses, and Routes of administration during cardiovascular emergencies
- Integrating basic drug pharmacology into ACLS algorithms
- Current guidelines for emergency pharmacology usage
- and much more...
Faculty/Presenter:
Lee Taylor-Vaughan, JD, MSN, RN, APN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, PCCN, TCRN, CEN, LNC, NREMT-P Lee is a native of Yorkshire England, began his career in healthcare in 1995--in the ER; Since that time, he has completed programs for EMT, Paramedic, and Nursing. He obtained his BS and MS in Nursing from Rutgers University and a Juris Doctor from Concord Law School. Lee’s career has been strongly focused on Emergency and Critical Care and as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with many specialties including pre-hospital emergency care, critical care, trauma, and cardiothoracic surgery. He provides continuing education and certification review courses to nurses, physicians, and a variety of medical professionals. Lee has co-authored the Critical Care Examination Review and Emergency Nurses Examination Review books with Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio. Lee also speaks with Dr. Vonfrolio at many National and International Nursing Review Seminars. Lee is certainly a down-to-earth, a dynamic & energetic, yet educationally entertaining lecturer--holding many speaking engagements. You will be engaged throughout this review, and you will leave ready to undertake the CCRN (or PCCN) Exam! Lee has no identified conflict of interest with the content of this program.
What is included with this course:
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Live instructor/Lectures (interactive/class participation required) with an instructor certified in teaching ACLS / PALS / ECG.
- ECG Course
- Emergency Pharmacology Course
- ECG and Emergency Pharmacology workbook
- ECG certificate
- Pharmacology Certificate
Audience:
RNs, NPs, PAs, interns, students (nursing and non-nursing), and more.
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE): 6.5 hours awarded upon program completion, no partial credit is awarded.
Required Disclaimers:
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The Healthcare Training Academy (D/B/A CardiacEd) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by The New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Non-nursing professions should consult with their respective board to ensure nursing credit is acceptable for your credential renewal requirements.
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If you are not a nurse, and you are taking this program for educational credit, please verify your board’s acceptance before registering for this event, as refunds will not be issued. If credit is not accepted, you are welcome to register.
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The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.
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Note: This is the prerequisite program for the American Heart Association's (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), which will prepare you for the pre-test and your ACLS/PALS course. This program is the same program as the classroom version and adapted to an instructor-led-lecture via live webinar. The student workbook is included with this course. The workbook is issued upon receipt of your order; allow 7-10 days for delivery.
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Contact hours certificates are emailed upon completion of this program. Program duration: approx 6.5 hours.
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Contact hours & completion certificate for ECG and Pharmacology issued upon completion of the entire program.
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Completion of this course does not grant certification for ACLS / PALS certification. However, it does meet the requirements to prepare you for the pre-test to undertake an ACLS / PALS course.
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There are no refunds/transfers for this program. All registrations are final.
IMPORTANT: visit https://zoom.us/test to test your device/computer, BEFORE registering! Tips: Please allow ample time for the zoom program to load on your device/computer, as the first time it loads it can be a slightly longer process. There may be long hold times for zoom technical support, therefore PLEASE do test your device with ample time before the webinar. The test meeting, above, is a sample test meeting/webinar on the zoom service.
We can bring this course to your facility for your staff! Call us for details.
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