ACLS Instructor Manual

The Heart & Stroke ACLS course has been updated to reflect new science from the 2020 Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (2020 Guidelines for CPR and ECC). This course builds on the foundation of basic life support (BLS) skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. This advanced course highlights the importance of preventing cardiac arrest, high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes.

The 2020 ACLS Instructor Manual provides information for teaching both the traditional ACLS provider and renewal courses and the blended learning options for provider and renewal in-classroom courses.

This manual is mandatory for all Heart & Stroke ACLS instructors and is updated to reflect new science in the 2020 Guidelines for CPR & Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). The new manual provides