How to organize ALS

course

Dr Khairuddin Ismail
Anaesthesiologist
Hospital Sultanah Nur
zahirah,
Kuala Terengganu

Outline of Lecture
oGoal/ Objectives
oCourse Syllabus
oRelated components in
preparation
oWhat else do you need?
oEnd point

Goals / Objectives
o Goal

To set up a ALS course training

programme in the local setting

o Objective

Key Performance Index (KPI) i.e.

all house officers must be ALS
trained during the 2 years of
houseman-ship

Course Syllabus
ALS
Core
Lecture
- Airway
Management
- Arrhythmias
- Algorithm
- Drugs
- Post Resuscitation
Care

Skill
Teaching
ECG
Electrical
Therapy
Airway Station
Megacode

Exam

Theory
Skill

Related components
Budget
Physical

facilities/ venue
Equipment
Manpower(instructor/non instructing
helper)
Target group
Course schedule
Course material
Assessment tool
Certification

Budget
o Money for equipment
Manikin (Airway management
trainer manikin, defibrillation
manikin)
Defibrillators/ AED
Laryngoscopes
Advanced airway devices
Oxygen delivering devices
Heart-sim training kit
o Money for food and stationary

Physical Facilities/ Venue

o Lecture

hall/ room
o Place to conduct skill
stations
o Electrical points
o Place for food and eating
o Washrooms

Equipment Lists
o Lecture
Audio Visual System

o Skill

Stations

Airway
Defibrillation
Megacode

Airway
Oxygen delivery
devices
Nasal prong
Simple face mask
Venturi mask
High flow mask
Oro-pharyngeal airway
Nasopharyngeal
airway
Bag-valve mask
Laryngoscope with
normal adult blade
Laryngoscope with
long blade
Endotracheal tube
Stylet
Syringe
Lubricant
Laryngeal Mask
Airway (LMA)
Trolley/table

Equipment Lists
Defibrillation

Megacode

Defibrillator
Manikin
Heartsim
2000
Trolley
Airway
devices

ALS skill trainer

(manikin) with
heartsim 2000
Defibrillator
Airway adjuncts
Emergency trolley
IVD sets

Manpower
o Level

of instructor in MOH
- Course Director
- Instructor Trainer
- Instructor
- Facilitator
o Non instructing helper

Course Director
A

person responsible for the

directing, teaching and running of
the resuscitation courses

He

must partake actively in the

course he is directing

He

must be an instructor trainer

Instructor Trainer
Person

who has successfully

undergone instructor course

Nominated

by NCORT upon
recommendation by NCORT
Subcommittee and related
professional bodies

Instructor
Person

who has successfully

undergone an instructor course

Must

partake a minimum of one

provider course per year

Facilitator
Person

who has successfully

undergone provider course
Achieving instructor potential or
equivalent during the provider
course
Must partake a minimum of one
provider course per year
All effort must be made to attend
instructor course at the earliest
time

Course Schedule
o2

days for provider

course ( at least 16
hours )

What else do you need?

???

Commitme
nt

Knowledge

Support

Teamwork

What if

DO IT, either big

or small

End
Point

DO IT, because
we dont want
patient to suffer
unnecessary
DO IT, because
this is our duty