Class Schedule

Advanced Cardiac Life Saving: Course Components Include

Key changes in advanced cardiovascular life support, reflecting the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care • Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device and use of an (AED) • Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest • Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia

•Airway management • Related pharmacology • Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke • Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team • Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics

• Thursday, May 07, 2015 from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
  This class also meets on:
  Fri 5/08/15 from 7:30a to 2:30p
  

ACLS E-book:

Register and download your copy.

• Purchase this course - $42.00

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.

• Thursday, April 09, 2015 from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
• Friday, June 19, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics

HeartCode® ACLS Part 1 is a Web-based, self-paced instructional program that uses eSimulation technology to allow students to assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings. In this environment, students apply their knowledge to real-time decision making and skills development. Debriefings and coaching are provided immediately after each simulation to facilitate learning. After completing the cognitive portion of the course, students practice and test their skills with an AHA Instructor or on a voice-assisted manikin (VAM) system. Upon successful completion of the cognitive and skills tests, students receive a course completion card.

This program presents 10 interactive hospital-based cases to teach ACLS knowledge,  building  on the foundation of lifesaving BLS for Healthcare Providers skills and the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR.

Check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E90GAV792Zs by copying this link into your browser.

• Purchase this course - $140.00

HeartCode® BLS Part 1 is a Web-based, self-paced instructional program that uses eSimulation technology to allow students to assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings. In this environment, students apply their knowledge to real-time decision making and skills development. Debriefings and coaching are provided immediately after each simulation to facilitate learning. After completing the cognitive portion of the course, students practice and test their skills with an AHA Instructor or on a voice-assisted manikin (VAM) system. Upon successful completion of the cognitive and skills tests, students receive a course completion card.

This program is for healthcare professionals seeking an alternative (nonclassroom) method for completing an initial or renewal BLS for Healthcare Providers Course. Once you register for HeartCode® BLS Part 1, you will receive a key code. This key code is automatically generated for you and will be sent to your email. Please check your SPAM and JUNK folders of the EMAIL YOU REGISTERED WITH.

• Purchase this course - $42.00

HeartCode® PALS Part 1 is a web-based, self-directed program that teaches healthcare providers knowledge and skills needed to recognize and prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children.

This program uses eSimulation technology to allow students to assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings. In this environment, students apply their knowledge to real-time decision-making and skills development. Debriefings and coaching are provided immediately after each simulation to facilitate learning about pediatric advanced life support.

HeartCode PALS Part 1 is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a PALS course completion card and are seeking an alternative (non-classroom) method for completing an initial or update PALS course

• Purchase this course - $140.00

Heartsaver First Aid Part 1 is a Web-based, self-paced instructional program that uses eSimulation technology to allow students to assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings. In this environment, students apply their knowledge to real-time decision making and skills development. Debriefings and coaching are provided immediately after each simulation to facilitate learning. After completing the cognitive portion of the course, students practice and test their skills with an AHA Instructor. Upon successful completion of the cognitive and skills tests, students receive a course completion card.

This program is for non health care professionals seeking an alternative (nonclassroom) method for completing an initial or renewal for a HeartSaverCourse. Once you register for Part 1, you will receive a key code. This key code is automatically generated for you and will be sent to your email. Please check your SPAM and JUNK folders of the EMAIL YOU REGISTERED WITH.

• Purchase this course - $42.00

Partnered with Boston Med Flight, Pro EMS CFM is excited to offer an Interfacililty Transfer course with one day at Pro EMS and one day at Boston MedFlight. This 16 hour course is designed to train and refresh providers on the intricacies of Interfacility transfer work. In addition to a protocol review on interfacility guidelines, skills such as Mechanical Ventilation along with other high acuity skills will be covered. Day 1 will be at Pro EMS and Day 2 will be at the Bedford Campus of BMF.

• Monday, March 30, 2015 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
  This class also meets on:
  Tue 3/31/15 from 8:00a to 4:00p
  

This Skills check requires you to have completed the online course within the last 60 days.  Please register below to secure your spot. Please notice the locations offered. Some classes are at Pro EMS Center for MEDICS, located at 31 Smith place in Cambridge. Every other month, the class is at a MAH owned location. Registration for this class closes 24 hours prior to ensure size is adequate to run the course. If you have not yet completed the Online component. Please go to  http://proems.enrollware.com/registration/reg-start.aspx?course=1330 to enroll. You MUST use your PROMO code that MAH has given you. Refunds can not be provided.

In order to access the information and directions from MAH, please visit the Medical Staff Office section on your portal. Please look under the Medical Education Section and then BLS.

• Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 5:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
• Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 5:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
• Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
• Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 5:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics

Pediatric Advanced Life Saving: Course Components Include

• Key changes in pediatric advanced life support, reflecting the new science from the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care • 1- and 2-rescuer child CPR and AED use • 1- and 2-rescuer infant CPR • Management of respiratory emergencies • Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy • Vascular access • Resuscitation team concept • Cardiac, respiratory and shock case discussions and simulations • Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessment

• Thursday, March 26, 2015 from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
  This class also meets on:
  Fri 3/27/15 from 7:30a to 2:30p
  
• Thursday, May 21, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
  This class also meets on:
  Fri 5/22/15 from 10:00a to 4:30p
  

To access your eBook(s), go to http://ebooks.heart.org/ and select the "Login" button.
- If you have registered in the past (with the American Heart Association Instructor Network or http://my.americanheart.org), log into your account.
- If you have not yet registered, set up your account or use one of the "Login with Your Social Identity" options.

Once you have registered or logged in, you will be taken to your Bookshelf page. Select the "Redeem Access Code" button on the right side of the screen and enter your access code. You will only be required to enter this code one time.

Once your access code is activated, simply log into your account to access the eBook from any computer with an Internet connection.

You can also access eBooks off-line or on a mobile device by using one of the free AHA eBooks reader apps available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store. Follow the buttons on the left side of your Bookshelf page to learn more and download these apps.

• Purchase this course - $42.00

This classroom, video-based, Instructor-led course uses a series of 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.

• Thursday, April 30, 2015 from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics
• Friday, June 26, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PMPro EMS Center for Medics

Replacement cards can be ordered and paid for through this link. Please indicate in the notes, if you would like the card mailed or if you would like to come by and pick it up. You MUST indicate the class you are requesting a replacement card for.

• Purchase this course - $15.00

The course book IS REQUIRED and not included in the price of the course.

The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program is the widely accepted neonatal post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization educational and clinical tool. "S.T.A.B.L.E." stands for the 6 assessment parameters covered in the program: Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support for the family. S.T.A.B.L.E. is considered by neonatal educators to be the follow-up, complementary program to the AAP/AHA Neonatal Resuscitation Program.

Audience:
     For pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who initiate and direct advanced life support in pediatric emergencies.

CEU Credits: 08

Hundreds of times each day, in hospitals and communities around the world, newly born infants become ill and require specialized care. Each member of the health care team—nurses, physicians, therapists and assistants—must know what to do for the sick infant. Their care must be provided in a timely, efficient, anticipatory, and effective manner. This early transitional care affects not only the immediate health of the infant, but also the infant’s long-term outcome. The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program was developed to meet the educational needs of health care providers who must deliver this important stabilization care. S.T.A.B.L.E. education is critical to the mission to reduce infant mortality and morbidity and to improve the future health of children and their families.

S.T.A.B.L.E. is the most widely distributed and implemented neonatal education program to focus exclusively on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick infants. Based on a mnemonic to optimize learning, retention and recall of information, S.T.A.B.L.E. stands for the six assessment and care modules in the program: Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support. A seventh module, Quality Improvement stresses the professional responsibility of improving and evaluating care provided to sick infants.

First introduced in 1996 in the US and Canada, S.T.A.B.L.E. has grown internationally to include instructor training and courses in more than 45 countries. Currently, there are more than 3,700 registered instructors worldwide and more than 360,000 neonatal healthcare providers have completed a S.T.A.B.L.E. Learner course.

Sugar
Initial IV therapy
Fluid rates and calculations
Glucose monitoring
Hypoglycemia assessment and interventions
Umbilical catheters Candidates for placement and safe use

The Course covers:

Temperature
The detrimental effects of cold stress
Vulnerable infants
How body heat is lost
Pulmonary vasoconstriction and shunting
Warming severely hypothermic infants

 Artificial Breathing
Evaluating respiratory distress
Indications for positive pressure ventilation and endotracheal intubation
Assisting with intubation
ET tube sizes
Securing tubes
Location on chest x-ray
Evaluating for pneumothorax 

Blood Pressure
Types and signs of shock
Treatment of shock
Hypovolaemic
Cardiogenic
Septic
Dopamine infusion Calculations and safe use

 Lab works
Pre-transport lab evaluation
Clinical signs of sepsis
CBC interpretation
ANC, I/T ratio, and platelet evaluation
Antibiotic therapy

 Emotional Support
Understand how the family may react during the crisis of a neonatal transport
Understand ways community caregivers can support families of sick or transported infants

• Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM (full)Pro EMS Center for Medics