PrEPARE FOR ACLS CERTIFICATION

Improve Adult ECG Rhythm Recognition with the official AHA eLearning Course

According to the 2005 American Heart Association (AHA) ECC Guidelines, ECG recognition is a key skill required to successfully determine a patient’s condition and know which algorithm to apply. The Learn Rhythm-Adult course from the AHA and Laerdal Medical Corporation introduces healthcare providers to normal cardiac rhythms and teaches them to recognize basic cardiac arrhythmias in clinical practice. This course is designed for healthcare professionals preparing for ACLS certification or requiring remediation in ECG recognition. Also available through HealthStream, HeartCode ACLS is the official, AHA self-directed ACLS eLearning program. Learn Rhythm-Adult is the ideal way to prepare for HeartCode ACLS or to increase the knowledge base of clinicians who are preparing for an ACLS course. Learn Rhythm-Adult can also be implemented as an individual course for clinicians requiring basic ECG training.

Impact:
Prepare for ACLS Certification

• Designed to help students successfully prepare for the ECG objective of ACLS
  
• An official eLearning ECG course from the American Heart Association

Improve Quality of Patient Treatment

• Identify specific cardiac rhythms and arrhythmias
  
• Initiate treatment efficiently and confidently

Features:

• Interactive, self-paced and convenient alternative to a classroom course
  
• Implement as an individual course or as a prerequisite to either HeartCode ACLS or a traditional ACLS course
  
• Reinforces learning with mini-games that allow users to test themselves
  
• Enables learners to review detailed characteristics and components of each ECG strip to recognize specific rhythms

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this lesson, the user should be able to:

• Recall the normal sinus rhythm
  
• Explain normal depiction of cardiac impulses in the ECG
  
• Understand that correct electrode placement is important to obtain an optimal image of a cardiac rhythm
  
• Understand how to estimate the heart rate
  
• Recognize the most common arrhythmias in clinical practice
  
• Identify the most common characteristics in rhythm recognition
  

Course outline:

• Part 1: Introduction to the Cardiac Cycle - Presents a basic rhythm understanding and correlation between the ECG strip and heart impulses
  
• Part 2: Arrhythmias - Explains the relationship between the ECG strip and heart impulses
  
• Part 3: Rhythm Summary - Identifies important characteristics in distinguishing various common arrhythmias
  
• Part 4: AHA Certification Exam - Multiple choice exam testing knowledge in basic anatomy, physiology, monitoring techniques, and rhythm identification
  

Subject Matter Experts
This course was created by the American Heart Association.