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Seminars & Continuing Education

Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS Renewal Course

This renewal course is designed to be an 8-hour workshop. It is offered to candidates that have successfully completed the ACLS Provider course within the last two years. This course incorporates interactive teaching sessions and evaluation stations. It is designed to update the current ACLS provider with the latest information available from the American Heart Association and to reinforce the core knowledge and skills required for emergency cardiac care. Prerequisite of current AHA ACLS Provider card and current AHA Healthcare Provider card. 

*Students must purchase their own manual prior to class: 
 ACLS Provider Manual ISBN #: 0-87493-496-6
 www.efollet.com

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Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS Provider Course

This course is designed to be a 16-hour workshop. It is offered to candidates that have an interest in emergency cardiac care. Candidates must have successfully completed BLS/CPR for the healthcare provider, offered by either the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, within the last two years. This course incorporates interactive teaching sessions and evaluation stations. Courses are based on the latest information available from the American Heart Association. Prerequisite of current AHA BLS-Healthcare Provider card. 

*Students must purchase their own manual prior to class: 
 ACLS Provider Manual ISBN #: 0-87493-496-6
 www.efollet.com

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 Advanced Medical Life Support - AMLS Provider Course

AMLS is a 16-hour, two-day program that consists of interactive lectures, teaching and evaluation stations. The interactive/case-based lectures include the following topics: Patient Assessment, Airway Management, Assessment of the Shock Patient, Dyspnea/Respiratory Failure, Chest Pain, altered Mental Status, and Abdominal Pain. Teaching stations follow the associated lectures each day.  

*Students must purchase their own manual prior to class:
 AMLS Manual ISBN #: 0-13-172340-5
 www.efollet.com

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Pediatric Advanced Life Support - PALS Renewal Course

This course includes lecture, skill stations, and evaluation stations plus a written test. PALS recertification must be obtained within a two-year period from previous certification. This course is designed for those who have previously completed the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) class and are now ready to extend their verification to comply with keeping the verification current. 

*Students must purchase their own manual prior to class: 
 PALS Provider Manual ISBN #: 0-87493-528-8
 www.efollet.com

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Pediatric Advanced Life Support - PALS Provider Course

The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course is designed to provide healthcare professionals with information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary events and provide core clinical knowledge and critical thinking needed to properly treat infants and children. Students will learn and expand upon the cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest. The PALS Provider course is a 16-hour, 2-day course, intended for physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare professionals responsible for assessment and care of infants and children. 

*Students must purchase their own manual prior to class: 
 PALS Provider Manual ISBN #: 0-87493-528-8
 www.efollet.com

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International Trauma Life Support - ITLS Advanced

This is a comprehensive course for EMT’s, Paramedics, trauma nurses, physicians, and other advanced EMS personnel. The course covers the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and transportation of trauma patients, using as its core, the ITLS Course. The 16-hour course emphasizes evaluation steps, sequencing, and techniques for resuscitation and packaging a patient. Hands-on stations include: basic and advanced airway, chest decompression and fluid resuscitation, spinal restriction/rapid extrication, short back board, helmet management, log roll and long back board, traction splints, patient assessment and management.

*Students must purchase their own manual prior to class: 
 ITLS Manual ISBN #: 978-0-13-237982-3
 www.efollet.com

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EMT Basic Refresher

A 30-hour course that provides updated training to licensed EMT-Basics. Current books and materials required. 

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Intermediate Tech Refresher


A 20-hour course designed to assist the EMT I in meeting their continuing education requirements. Current Wisconsin EMT-Intermediate license required. 

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CPR – Healthcare Provider

This course is designed for persons requiring knowledge in resuscitation techniques for infant, child, and adult age categories. Students will learn proper patient and airway positioning, mouth-to-mouth breathing, cardiac compressions, and techniques to relieve airway obstructions. Barrier devices will be part of this training and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) will also be included in this course. Upon successful completion, students will be able to incorporate procedures learned and critical thinking in order to act appropriately in heart-related and airway obstruction emergencies. This curriculum includes the most current American Heart Association guidelines and meets the requirements for healthcare providers. (Book and one-way valve required; available for purchase at CVTC.) 

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CPR Renewal Healthcare Provider

Renewal is required every two years for individuals holding a valid American Heart Association CPR card. The card must be presented to instructor. Provided will be a review of all objectives completed in the original CPR training and updates on the most current guidelines. Through demonstration of practical skill scenarios and successful completion of a written exam, the participant in this training will be issued an American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR card. Current book and one-way valve are required. 

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CPR/AED

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Dialysis Tech Certification Exam Prep

This course will assist the practicing dialysis technician to prepare for the national certification examination. This course covers content in which the technician examinations measure technical proficiency in the five major domains.

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Dialysis Tech Exam Review


Short review course (prior to CHT exam) will be primarily lecture with a short amount of question and answer time. There will be no practice exam with this review, just an overview of what will be on the exam, the format and ideas for taking multiple choice tests. 

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Program Orientation for LPNs

This independent study course is designed to prepare the LPN for course work in the CVTC Nursing-Associate Degree program. Students review and/or develop the skills expected with advanced standing in the nursing program. Successful completion of this course is required for clinical placement. 

 

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