Advanced Cardiac Life Support (A.C.L.S)

Catalog description

A.C.L.S. is presented at the end of the second year. This training program sponsored by the American Heart Association, is designed to help the students achieve a better understanding of their roles as future players in the cardiopulmonary resuscitative team. Students also become Basic Life Support (B.L.S.) certified in the curriculum along with or prior to ACLS. History and Physical Examination Series The History and Physical Examination series represents a progression of clinical skills advancing the students through history taking, the physical examination, and preparation for rotational years through exposure to procedural skills. The series is divided into four individual courses, each building upon the previous, presented over the four semesters of the first two years of medical school.