Cardiac Advanced Life Support (CALS) Course **POSTPONED**

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