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Incorporating Simulation Into Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Lorraine Calwile
Incorporating Simulation Into Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Lorraine Calwile
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The knowledge and practical skills of the Basic Life Support (BLS) and the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) are among the most important determining factors of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) success rates. Every year there are millions of healthcare workers that dread coming to ACLS class for fear of failure of the written exam or the mega code. Many of these participants haven’t participated in a code situation since they left class the previous two years. Participants sit in class for two days listening to lectures and going through practice mega codes to prepare them for the final mega code. …