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ForwardBLS Foundations 2025: February 17
This education provides hands on simulation training utilizing Basic Life Support techniques learned through the RQI BLS training. Please note this course does not satisfy the requirements for BLS and RQI BLS is still required.
Target Audience
This course is intended for Nurses at Condell, who have successfully completed and are up to date with the RQI BLS program and other interested healthcare professionals; NA's, PCC's.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Demonstrate recognition of an unresponsive, pulseless patient requiring BLS.
- Describe how to activate emergency resources in a cardiac arrest event, including the Medical Alert Code Team
- Perform prompt high quality BLS including prioritizing early chest compressions, early defibrillation/AED use and use of bag valve mask for ventilation.
- Demonstrate appropriate Zoll defibrillator pad application during an emergency event.
- Demonstrate appropriate documentation of the first five minutes of BLS utilizing the EPIC Code Narrator.
- Evaluate resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest through continuous assessment of CPR quality and delivering real-time feedback to the team.
- Evaluate the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance during an emergency event, including roles and closed loop communication.
Faculty
Tami Gumm MSN, RN, NPD-BC, Nursing Professional Development Generalist, Advocate Condell Medical Center
Disclosure
The planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 3.00 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 3.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 3.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
Price
Click “Take Course” to register for this program.
If you have any questions, please contact the IPCE Office at cme@aah.org