- Cardiac Advanced Life Support (CALS) Course
9th September 2019
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Event Phone: 0116 258 4917
Course aims:
Empower all practitioners to act with confidence when dealing with emergency resternotomy using the EACTS CALS protocol
Promote teamwork and good communication using the 6-key roles guidance
Manage the deteriorating patient using the 5 – point plan
Demonstrate successful CALS re-sternotomy in 5 minutes.
Course overview:
Introduction to the EACTS CALS protocol
Simulation sessions using a resternotomy manikin
Lectures: cardiothoracic emergencies and management, human factors in cardiac surgery
Workshops: chest re-opening, internal defibrillation and ‘scrubbing up’, emergency airway management, pacing troubleshooting and IABP management, CXR and TOE interpretation
Location
Venue: Clinical Education Centre, Glenfield Hospital
Address:
Clinical Education Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QP, United Kingdom