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FangsNfeet -> RE: Has anyone ever taken ACLS? (10/2/2007 9:30:41 PM)
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Good keys to ACLS.
1. Be sure to have your EKG trainning first. A fib, V fib, V Tach, A flutter, heart blocks, etc.... and Asystole ofcourse. After all, you can't shock when the subject has flatline.
2. Have a few cheers and anagrams for yourself. Shout out loud a few times "200, 300, 3eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee60! Clear and Shock Shock Shock! Look, Listen, and don't forget to Feel."
The use and order of drugs have changed slightly. In 99, we used a phase that went Every Little Boy Must Pee. Epi, Lidocane, Bicarb, Morphine, and I forget what P was. We where taught that if we ever got to the P drug, it was pretty much over unless Devine Intervention steped in.
Anyhow, your book will prepare you for the test. Your practice and thinking out Algorythems on a pillow will prepare you for your Dummy Demostration.
Other than shocking, calling out drugs, and being familiar with entubation, the whole thing will end up feeling like a BCLS drill. Now that BCLS also includes the Auto Defibulator, ACLS is easier to comprehend. After all, you already know about 200, 300, and 360. Also, you're already familiar with A Fib, V Tach, and Asystole.
Everytime you practice on your pillow, be sure to put problems into your algortyhem run down. These problems include IV's popping out, Patient goes back from Normal Sinus back to V Tach, Pt goes Flat Line, etc.... Trainners will always throw little things like that in the dummy test.
Don't sweat, you'll make it.
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