Lowcountry AHEC and Mid-Carolina AHEC have joined the
University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine, Gordon Center for
Research in Medical Education’s Advanced Stroke Life Support®
(ASLS®) Training Program as registered ASLS®
Training Centers.
Advanced Stroke Life Support® (ASLS®)
is a course that addresses the pre-hospital, emergency department, and stroke
unit management of patients with acute stroke, incorporating interactive
discussions, hands-on workshops, video and standardized patients. Course materials are available to healthcare
and educational institutions, emergency response and/or transportation
entities, governmental or district agencies. All ASLS® instructors must
align with a registered ASLS® Training Center and become approved
by GCRME to conduct ASLS® provider courses.
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| Mid-Carolina AHEC CE Coordinator Rebecca Jackson |
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| Educators Charlotte Valentine and Gray Cable |
Three educators completed the ASLS®
training in Miami from Mid-Carolina AHEC in November: Rebecca Jackson, RN, BSN,
with Mid-Carolina AHEC; Jana Hough, RN, case manager with Homecare and Hospice
of Lancaster; and Russell Ferguson, EMT with Fairfield County EMS. Two educators
completed the ASLS® training from Lowcountry AHEC in February: Charlotte Valentine, RN, BSN, with Colleton
Medical and Gray Cable, Paramedic/Fireman with Paris Island Fire and Rescue.
As registered ASLS® Training Centers,
Lowcountry and Mid-Carolina AHECs will have access to the most current
guidelines, curriculum updates, changes in continuing education credit
requirements and identification of new issues that need to be addressed as
relates to ASLS® instruction.
Curriculum training materials will be available in March. Upon receipt of the instructor/student
materials, both regional centers will develop training calendars to begin
offering this skill set to interested healthcare facilities, providers and
agencies.
For more information, please contact Lowcountry AHEC at
843-782-5052 and Mid-Carolina AHEC at 803-286-4121.
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