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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Classes throughout 2018 with online registration available. Course offerings include BLS (Healthcare Provider Course), Heartsaver\u00ae CPR and First Aid Classroom Courses, ACLS, PALS, and Safe Sitter\u00ae.<\/p>\n
This course is primarily for nurses, doctors, anyone in medical field requiring a CPR certification<\/p>\n
The importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
\nAll of the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
\nRecognize the signs of someone needing CPR
\nPerform high-quality CPR for adults, children and infants
\nThe importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
\nProvide effective ventilations by using a barrier device
\nThe importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
\nThe technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants[\/vc_column_text]
Heartsaver courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.<\/p>\n
The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course is a classroom, Instructor-led course designed to prepare students to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner.<\/p>\n
Upon successful completion of the course, including a first aid skills demonstration and a CPR and AED skills test, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course completion card, valid for two years.First aid basics<\/p>\n
The AHA’s Heartsaver CPR AED Course is a classroom, Instructor-led course designed to prepare students to provide CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner.<\/p>\n
Upon successful completion of the course, including a CPR and AED skills test, students receive a Heartsaver CPR AED course completion card, valid for two years<\/p>\n
Adult CPR and AED use
\nOpioid\u2013associated life-threatening emergencies
\nOptional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR, including child and infant choking
\nOptional exam<\/p>\n
The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid Course is a classroom, Instructor-led course designed to prepare students to provide first aid in a safe, timely, and effective manner.<\/p>\n
Upon successful completion of the course, including a first aid skills demonstration, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid course completion card, valid for two years.<\/p>\n
First Aid Basics<\/p>\n
Duties, roles, and responsibilities of first aid rescuers
\nScene safety
\nPhoning for help
\nFinding the problem (and more)<\/p>\n
Medical Emergencies<\/p>\n
Assembling and using an inhaler
\nChoking in an adult, child, and infant
\nDiabetes and low blood sugar
\nStroke (and more)<\/p>\n
Injury Emergencies<\/p>\n
Actions for external bleeding
\nAmputation
\nBroken bones and sprains
\nBurns (and more)<\/p>\n
Environmental Emergencies<\/p>\n
Actions for bites and stings
\nTemperature-related and poison emergencies<\/p>\n
Optional Exam[\/vc_column_text]
Medical professionals who respond to cardiovascular emergencies in and out of the hospital enhance their treatment knowledge and skills through the AHA\u2019s ACLS training courses.<\/p>\n
AHA\u2019s ACLS offerings highlight the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac arrest care. They also cover airway management and related pharmacology.<\/p>\n
ACLS is an advanced, Instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac arrest care. It also covers airway management and related pharmacology. In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.<\/p>\n
Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
\nRecognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
\nRecognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
\nAirway management
\nRelated pharmacology
\nManagement of ACS and stroke
\nEffective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team[\/vc_column_text]
The AHA\u2019s PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. The goal of PALS is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.<\/p>\n
The AHA\u2019s PALS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. This classroom, Instructor-led course uses a series of videos and simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.<\/p>\n
High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
\nRecognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
\nRecognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application CPR within 10 seconds
\nApply team dynamics
\nDifferentiation between respiratory distress and failure
\nEarly interventions for respiratory distress and failure
\nDifferentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
\nEarly interventions for the treatment of shock
\nDifferentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
\nClinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
\nPost\u2013cardiac arrest management[\/vc_column_text]
This program is for boys and girls ages 11-15. They will learn CPR basics, choking rescue skills, the business of babysitting, how to prevent problematic behaviors, injury management and more.<\/p>\n
Young teens need training in first aid, indoor and outdoor safety, and how to handle household emergencies before they are adequately prepared to stay home alone or watch younger siblings. In addition, there is no safe amount of time to leave a child with a caregiver of any age who has not been trained in airway rescue and how to handle life-threatening emergencies. Safe Sitter\u00ae graduates are prepared with the knowledge they need to prevent problems and handle unexpected emergencies.[\/vc_column_text]
At this time, the EMS Department of Elkhart General Hospital will not be offering any new EMR, EMT, or Paramedic courses. We are reorganizing our department and are currently concentrating on supporting the departments and agencies we sponsor with inservices, Audit &amp; Review Sessions and other educational opportunities. For more information about EMR, EMT, or Paramedic classes in the area, please go to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security \u2013 EMS website and look for the Training Calendar Link under Online Services. www.in.gov\/dhs\/3525.htm.<\/a><\/p>\n If you’re ready to learn how to respond quickly, appropriately and professionally to all types of medical emergencies, call the Emergency Medical Services Department at 574.875.6430, or view current courses and enroll online at egh.enrollware.com.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”158″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text] Elkhart General Hospital Community Training Center [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Classes throughout 2018 with online registration available. Course offerings include BLS (Healthcare Provider Course), Heartsaver\u00ae CPR and First Aid…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-157","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\nFor More Information<\/h3>\n