Post on 05-Sep-2020
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“ARC Courses”Advanced Life Support
Immediate Life Support
Instructors
Professor Ian Jacobs
National Chair
Australian Resuscitation Council
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CouncilAims
• Outline the development of courses
administered by the ARC.
• Discuss the how these courses have
been integrated in Australia.
• Describe the requirements for
conducting these courses.
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AustralianResuscitation
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• ARC accreditation process
• For existing ALS courses
• Planning for other courses
• ARC courses
• ALS
• ILS
• Instructors
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AustralianResuscitation
CouncilOrigin of the courses
• Originally developed by the Resuscitation
Council (UK)
• Need to have standardised teaching and
practice in resuscitation in UK hospitals.
• Appointment of resuscitation officers in UK
hospitals
• Under the auspices of RC(UK)
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• Developed a core curriculum and teaching
materials
• Standardised methods of instruction and
assessment
• National recognition
• Portability between health services
• Take to Europe UK
AustralianResuscitation
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• BLS well covered
• Very few accredited ALS courses
• Nothing nationally recognised
• No mutual recognition
• No standardised curricula
• Nothing likely to happen
AustralianResuscitation
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• ARC response
• Accreditation process
• Develop ARC ALS course
• Many clinicians from UK with RC(UK) ALS
certification
• Discussed the potential of importing the
courses from RC(UK)
AustralianResuscitation
CouncilAdvantages
• International standard approach
• Course curricula developed
• Teaching materials / assessment available
• Needed to modify manuals!!
• International reciprocity
• Entered into agreement with RC(UK)
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AustralianResuscitation
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• CTEC (UWA)
• Brought course to Australia
• 2 courses administered by RC(UK)
• All other courses administered by ARC
• Officially started in January 2007
• Several courses run prior to this date
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AustralianResuscitation
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AustralianResuscitation
CouncilHow did we kick it off?
• CTEC (UWA)
• Brought course to Australia
• 2 courses administered by RC(UK)
• All other courses administered by ARC
• Officially started in January 2007
• Several courses run prior to this date
AustralianResuscitation
CouncilHow have we been doing?
• ALS
• 53 courses
• 801 participants
• ILS
• 146 courses
• 1370 participants
• Instructors
• 4 courses
• 81 participants
AustralianResuscitation
CouncilImmediate Life Support
• One day course
• Designed for those working in clinical situations who are likely to perform resuscitation – prior to advanced life support teams arriving
• Ideal for nursing staff / medical graduates / GPs
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• Course covers:
• Recognition of the ill person
• BLS
• Defibrillation
• Airway adjuncts (LMA)
• Basic drugs
• Scenario teaching
AustralianResuscitation
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• 2 day course.
• Designed for those
who would lead in
managing a
resuscitation event.
• Senior clinicians
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• Course covers:• Recognition of the critically ill
• Acute Coronary syndromes
• Advanced airways
• ALS algorithm
• Defibrillation / Cardioversion / Pacing
• Drugs
• Blood gases
• Tachy / Brady arrhythmias
• Special circumstances
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• Scenario teaching
• Pre course test
• Post course test
• Cardiac arrest
scenario - Test
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• Generic Instructors Course (GIC)
• ALS Group – UK
• Used by other courses (eg APLS)
• 3 day course
• Relatively old course
• ARC recognised the need to a revised
instructors course
AustralianResuscitation
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• Establish small ARC task force
• Wide involvement• ARC
• APLS
• EMST
• Medical education expertise• Professor Russell Jones
• New course – not replacement for GIC
• New instructional methods focusing on principles of adult education / learning
• Use of alternated modes of delivery • Internet / DVD
AustralianResuscitation
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• Educational matrix development
• Teaching modes linked with learning outcomes
• Prepared to try things differently
• Principles of adult leaning
• Some theory – memory / learning
• Plenty of opportunity for supervised teaching
sessions
• Feedback +++++++++
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http://www.resus.org.au/
AustralianResuscitation
CouncilSummary
• The ARC
• Accredits ALS courses
• Administers and co-ordinates the ARC – ALS
& ILS courses
• Nationally recognised
• Internationally portable
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CouncilThank You