In this subcourse, you will study cardiac arrest; basic life support, to include rescue breathing; chest compressions; and recognition and treatment of cardiac dysrhythmias. This information will aid you in maintaining and improving the health of soldiers. In that pursuit, do your best to achieve the objectives of this subcourse.

This subcourse consists of three lessons:

Lesson 1 Basic Cardiac Life Support.

Lesson 2 Dysrhythmia Recognition and Treatment.

Lesson 3 Cardiac Arrest.

Study Suggestions:

Here are some suggestions that may be helpful to you in completing this subcourse:

--Read and study each lesson carefully.

--Complete the subcourse lesson by lesson. After completing each lesson, work the exercises at the end of the lesson, marking your answers in this booklet.

--After completing each set of lesson exercises, compare your answers with those on the solution sheet that follows the exercises. If you have answered an exercise incorrectly, check the reference cited after the answer on the solution sheet to determine why your response was not the correct one.

Credit Awarded:

To receive credit hours, you must be officially enrolled and complete an examination furnished by the Nonresident Instruction Branch at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Upon successful completion of the examination for this subcourse, you will be awarded 8 credit hours.

You can enroll by going to the web site http://atrrs.army.mil and enrolling under "Self Development" (School Code 555).

A listing of correspondence courses and subcourses available through the Nonresident Instruction Section is found in Chapter 4 of DA Pamphlet 350-59, Army Correspondence Course Program Catalog. The DA PAM is available at the following website:

 http://www.usapa.army.mil/pdffiles/p350-59.pdf.

INTRODUCTION

1 BASIC CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT

Section I. General Information.

Section II. Rescue Breathing

Section III. Chest Compressions

Section IV. One-Rescuer Method CPR

Section V. Two-Rescuer Method CPR

Section VI. CPR Complications/CPR Termination

Exercises

2 DYSRHYTHMIA RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT

Section I. Dysrhythmia

Section II. Electrophysiology

Section III. Rhythms/Heart Blocks

Exercises

3 CARDIAC ARREST (DEFIBRILLATION)

Section I. Review of the Cardiovascular System and the Respiratory System.

Section II. General Considerations Regarding

Cardiac Arrest

Section III. Major Management Techniques of Cardiac Arrest.

Section IV. Cardioversion

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