Imagine you’re on scene with a patient whose heart is racing at 200 beats per minute — or another whose heart rate has plummeted to 40 beats per minute, leaving them pale and only semi-conscious. Cardiovascular emergencies are rarely straightforward; a simple "stomach ache" in a diabetic patient could actually be a silent, life-threatening STEMI. Would you know when to reach for the defibrillation pads, when to use a modified vagal maneuver, or how to assess a patient when you can’t find a pulse because of a mechanical pump? In this course, we’ll cover all these topics and more.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
Imagine you’re on scene with a patient whose heart is racing at 200 beats per minute — or another whose heart rate has plummeted to 40 beats per minute, leaving them pale and only semi-conscious. Cardiovascular emergencies are rarely straightforward; a simple "stomach ache" in a diabetic patient could actually be a silent, life-threatening STEMI. Would you know when to reach for the defibrillation pads, when to use a modified vagal maneuver, or how to assess a patient when you can’t find a pulse because of a mechanical pump? In this course, we’ll cover all these topics and more.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
Imagine you’re on scene with a patient whose heart is racing at 200 beats per minute — or another whose heart rate has plummeted to 40 beats per minute, leaving them pale and only semi-conscious. Cardiovascular emergencies are rarely straightforward; a simple "stomach ache" in a diabetic patient could actually be a silent, life-threatening STEMI. Would you know when to reach for the defibrillation pads, when to use a modified vagal maneuver, or how to assess a patient when you can’t find a pulse because of a mechanical pump? In this course, we’ll cover all these topics and more.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, explaining the pathophysiology of aortic dissections, and how ALS providers can best sustain aortic dissection patients.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 5 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, explaining the steps to a good BLS assessment of a patient experiencing a cardiac emergency using tools such as OPQRSTI and SAMPLE as guides.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 6 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, explaining some of the things BLS providers can do to save the lives of patients experiencing acute coronary syndrome.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 2 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, explaining the pathophysiology of aortic dissections, and how BLS providers can best care for aortic dissection patients.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 4 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, discussing signs BLS providers should look for when assessing the severity of a bradyarrhythmia, and early steps BLS providers can take to improve these patients’ outcomes.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 2 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, explaining how cardiac arrest kills patients, and what BLS providers can do to save the lives of cardiac arrest patients.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 2 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, discussing how BLS providers can care for patients experiencing tachyarrhythmias, and signs or patient instability.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 2 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, discussing unique anatomical differences in pregnant patients, and how providers should modify treatment during cardiac emergencies when caring for these patients.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 2 min
This microlearning course was recorded at the FDIC with expert Devin Bartlett, discussing the value of early BLS intervention on scene and how BLS providers can effectively hand off patient care to ALS providers or the hospital staff.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 3 min
