Continuing Education Opportunities For Health Care Providers

ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Community Hospital and the American Heart Association present training sessions on the latest techniques in cardiac resuscitation. The trained faculty is made up of area health personnel in an effort to keep the program timely to rural providers. This is a two-day class, hours will be 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. on day one; day two hours are 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Contact the Assistant Director of Nursing by calling the hospital at (308) 344-8544.

PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
The PALS course is taught according to criteria established by the American Heart Association. Course objectives include information and strategies for preventing cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children, recognizing the infant or child at risk of cardiopulmonary arrest, and describing cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary for resuscitation and stabilizing the infant or child victim of cardiopulmonary arrest. For more information, please contact the Special Observation Coordinator at (308) 344-2650, ext. 616.

NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program and
CPR - Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
Available to staff, EMT's and Paramedics. Contact the Assistant Director of Nursing at (308) 344-8544 for information on these classes.