The Trivandrum Specialists Hospital (TSH) Private Limited, headquartered in S.U.T. Hospital, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, is an International Training Center (ITC) for American Heart Association (AHA) courses on Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Heartsaver First Aid with CPR & AED. These courses are designed for healthcare pro
fessionals including doctors, nurses, allied healthcare professionals and for the greater community, helping them to effectively resuscitate a patient in arrest or peri-arrest situations. Basic Life Support (BLS)
BLS for Healthcare providers is a classroom course designed to provide healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED and to relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. Course Content:
2015 AHA guidelines on BLS
Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
AHA Chain of Survival
1-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
2-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant
Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant
Relief of choking for adult, child and infant
CPR with an advanced airway
Course Duration: 8 hours
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
ACLS is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication. The treatment protocols for various arrest, pre-arrest and post-cardiac arrest scenarios are covered within the course. Course Content:
2015 AHA guidelines on ACLS
Recognition and management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
Recognition and management of peri-arrest conditions such as stable and unstable tachyarrhythmias, symptomatic bradycardia
Airway management
Intra-osseous cannulation
Drugs in ACLS
Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Stroke
Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team
Elements of effective resuscitation team dynamics
Course Duration: 16 hours
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
PALS is a video based, instructor-led classroom course on pediatric emergencies that explains in detail about a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation and team dynamics. Course Content:
2015 AHA guidelines on PALS
1 and 2-rescuer child CPR and AED use
1 and 2-rescuer infant CPR
Systematic approach to pediatric assessment
Cardiac, respiratory and shock case discussions and simulations
Management of respiratory emergencies
Resuscitation team concept
Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy, cardiac arrest and post resuscitation care
Vascular access
Course Duration: 16 hours
Heartsaver First Aid with CPR & AED
Heartsaver course is a video-based, instructor-led classroom course that teaches students the critical skills needed to respond to a sudden cardiac arrest, the basics of first aid and management of other emergencies in the first few minutes until the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team arrives. Students learn skills such as how to control bleeding, treat sprains, broken bones, shock and other such situations which require a first aid. This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs to complete a course on first aid, CPR & AED use, to meet job, regulatory or other requirements. Course Content:
First aid basics
Medical emergencies
Trauma emergencies
Environmental emergencies
Adult CPR & AED use
Course Duration: 6 hours
The Trivandrum Specialists Hospital (TSH) Pvt. Ltd is happy to offer AHA BLS / ACLS / PALS / Heartsaver courses at your institution. Advantages of TSH courses:
Courses will be of high quality, strictly following AHA regulations
Majority of TSH instructors are doctors
Courses adaptable to the requirements of the candidates, including the medium of instruction
Training manikins of international standards
AHA cards will be dispatched within 3 days of the course completion
