Advanced Stroke Life Support
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Date/Time:
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Tue 4/29/2025 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Location:
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Central Virginia Center for Simulation and Virtual Learning (Lynchburg)
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Class Price:
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$0.00
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Notes:
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Skills day MUST have precourse work completed.
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The ASLS Blended Learning Course will educate healthcare professionals to identify, evaluate, and manage patients with stroke. The ASLS Course was co-developed by the American Heart Association and The University of Miami’s Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education and is appropriate for all healthcare providers involved in the management of acute stroke patients.
Prehospital Provider Course:
- Highlights the principles of prehospital stroke management that make up the current standard of care, such as determining when to call a stroke alert and quickly transport the patient to the nearest appropriate facility
- Explains how to communicate the patient’s symptoms, time of onset, and neurologic exam clearly and succinctly with hospital personnel
In-Hospital Provider Course:
- Focuses on the importance of an organized approach to treating stroke patients for improved outcomes
- Discusses the etiologic evaluation and secondary stroke prevention for stroke patients
- Describes the management of goals for acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Outlines post-acute care management including supportive medical care, rehabilitation, and discharge planning for stroke
patients
Prehospital & In-Hospital Provider Course:
- Combines all of the components of the Prehospital and In-Hospital courses, and is best suited for healthcare providers who work in both environments, as well as ASLS instructor candidates that will be conducting the in-person skills testing for learners from both audiences