(Essential Life-Saving Emergency Skills for Healthcare Professionals)
🔹 Duration: 3 Months
🔹 Mode: 100% Online (HD Video Demonstrations, Interactive Study Materials, and MCQ Assessments)
🔹 Eligibility: MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, BUMS, BNYS, BEMS, Physiotherapists, Doctor of Pharmacy
🎯 Course Objective:
This Certificate Course in ACLS & BLS provides healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills required to respond effectively to cardiac, respiratory, and other life-threatening emergencies. The course follows international resuscitation guidelines and is focused on both clinical protocols and practical simulations applicable in hospitals, ambulances, clinics, and public settings.
📚 Syllabus: 10 Skill-Oriented Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Emergency Life Support
Importance of BLS and ACLS in clinical practice
Chain of Survival: concept and application
Team dynamics during emergencies
Equipment and setup in emergency rooms
Module 2: Basic Life Support (BLS) – Adult Protocol
Recognition of cardiac arrest
CAB approach (Compressions, Airway, Breathing)
High-quality CPR techniques for adults
AED (Automated External Defibrillator) use and troubleshooting
Module 3: BLS – Pediatric and Infant Protocols
Pediatric cardiac arrest recognition
Compression-ventilation ratio for infants and children
Choking management in children
One-rescuer vs. two-rescuer CPR
Module 4: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – Overview
Understanding ACLS algorithms
Initial assessment and primary/secondary survey
Indications for defibrillation, synchronized cardioversion, pacing
Key drugs in ACLS: adrenaline, amiodarone, atropine
Module 5: Airway Management and Ventilation
Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways
Bag-mask ventilation techniques
Endotracheal intubation overview
Oxygenation strategies in critical settings
Module 6: ACLS – Cardiac Arrest Algorithms
Adult Cardiac Arrest Algorithm (VF/pulseless VT, asystole, PEA)
Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) protocol
Post-resuscitation care and transfer planning
Case simulations
Module 7: ACLS – Bradycardia & Tachycardia Management
Adult bradycardia with pulse: drugs and pacing
Stable and unstable tachycardias
Narrow vs. wide complex tachycardia – recognition and approach
Use of synchronized cardioversion
Module 8: Pharmacology in Resuscitation
ACLS emergency medications: doses, indications, timing
Intravenous access, intraosseous access, and drug delivery
Vasopressors, antiarrhythmics, sedatives: clinical indications
OPD vs. ER usage of emergency kits
Module 9: Clinical Scenarios and Mega-Code Simulations
Code Blue: team roles and response protocol
Scenario 1: VF cardiac arrest – adult
Scenario 2: Child collapse with choking
Scenario 3: Bradycardia post-MI
Debriefing and performance evaluation
Module 10: Final Assessment + Life Support Toolkit
CPR competency assessment (via simulation quiz/video task)
Downloadable reference posters & checklists for clinic/hospital
Final MCQ-based certification test
Digital certification + Emergency Practice Guidebook
✅ Certification Outcome:
Participants will be certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) with practical clinical readiness in cardiac emergencies.