Continuing Education Podcast: Advances in ACLS and CPR

Continuing Education Podcast: Advances in ACLS and CPR

Keith Wesley, MD

For the first time in EMS education, we bring you a podcast lecture available for continuing education credit. This lesson by national EMS educator Keith Wesley, MD, adapted from his EMS Expo presentation, covers the following topics in ACLS and CPR: 1. Review of History of CPR 2. Changes to 2005 Guidelines 3. Physiology of CPR 4. Efficiency of automated versus manual CPR; Patient centric issues: improved outcomes;  Crew centric issues: safer transports, manpower issues 5. Where do we go from here? Dr. Keith Wesley is a board certified emergency medicine physician living in Eau Claire Wisconsin. He is the former Wisconsin State EMS Medical Director and currently serves as the Minnesota State Medical Director; Chair of the National Council of State Medical Directors; and medical director for HealthEast Medical Transport in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a prolific EMS author and lecturer as well as contributor to e-learning producer Emergency Preparedness Systems, LLC. After listening, look for the quiz to be featured at www.rapidce.com to earn .5 CE hours.