Advanced Stroke Life Support Instructor for Prehospital/Hospital

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This course is designed to teach licensed RNs and advanced practice nurses, physicians, PAs, and paramedics how to conduct an instructor led Advanced Stroke Life Support^® provider course, the responsibilities of ASLS^® training centers and instructors, key teaching points and strategies for engaging the audience, demonstrating appropriate techniques for teaching & conducting the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS) and MEND (Miami Examination for Neurological Deficits) examinations, and the best approach to video-based scenario and standardized patient sessions.

ASLS BLENDED LEARNING is a new and innovative, 2-part web and skills course co-developed with the American Heart Association and available in prehospital and in-hospital tracks. The adaptive learning platform features interactive online modules with algorithms that tailor the content to the individual’s specific needs. Users choose which of 14 stroke scales to learn about and utilize when demonstrating skills for Part 2, an in-person a 3-part Skills Evaluation Session at which the learner (A) demonstrates the preferred stroke scale on a normal patient; (B) uses the same stroke scale to identify a stroke syndrome or mimic; and (C) is presented with a simulated scenario to manage a stroke patient, for evaluation by and feedback from a trained instructor.

For information about the roll-out of ASLS Blended, email asls@heart.org.