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Clinical Deterioration & Acute Care

Resuscitation Knowledge Update: Current Guidelines in Theory

The knowledge component of resuscitation, updated to current international guidance.

foundation120 min5 lessons
Resuscitation Knowledge Update: Current Guidelines in Theory

What you'll learn

  • Identify cardiac arrest from a described presentation
  • Describe correct compression rate, depth, recoil and interruption limits
  • Sequence the actions of the adult resuscitation algorithm
  • Apply defibrillation safety checks to a described scenario
  • Identify likely reversible causes from a given clinical context
  • Differentiate this knowledge component from certification requirements

Course content

5 modules · 5 lessons

1. Recognition and the Chain of Survival
  • Recognition and the Chain of SurvivalPreview24m
2. High-Quality Compressions
  • High-Quality Compressions24m
3. Ventilation and Airway
  • Ventilation and Airway24m
4. Defibrillation and Safety
  • Defibrillation and Safety24m
5. Reversible Causes and After ROSC
  • Reversible Causes and After ROSC24m