Accreditation & Continuing Education

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of healthcare providers involved in the care of patients in cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and other emergency resuscitation situations.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Understand basic life support (BLS) principles and their role in ACLS
• Apply the knowledge gained from the education delivered by ProMed in the use of BLS, ACLS, and PALS skills.
• Recognize life threatening cardiac emergencies and perform appropriate interventions based on current scientific guidelines
• Know the critical elements of effective resuscitation team dynamics
• Familiar with proper methods of Advanced Airway Management
• Follow the ACLS assessment and management recommendations in the ACLS algorithms.
• Identify normal and abnormal electrocardiograms
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the types and dosages of medications used in ACLS and PALS

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The ProMed faculty and Dr. Dave England, D.O. hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner have no financial relationships, relationships to products or devices, or other commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity of any amount during the past 12 months.

The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The planners and managers from ProMed Certifications have nothing to disclose.

Method of Participation and Request for Credit

There are no fees for participating and receiving CME/CE credit for this activity. During the period March 1, 2019 through March 1, 2021, participants must read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures and study the educational activity.

If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please complete the post-test evaluation after you pass your exam. You can do this by selecting the “Download CME Certificate” Button on your exam results page. Upon successfully completing the post-test evaluation and passing the exam with a score of 80%, your certificate will be made available immediately.

Media

Internet

Computer System Requirements

Any computer, tablet, or phone with connection to the internet and a modern internet browser (ex: Internet Explorer 11+, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari).

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.