Introduction to the ACLS provider course -- The systematic ACLS approach -- The advanced ACLS skills -- The human dimension of CPR and ACLS: human, ethical, and legal issues -- Final, take-home ACLS concepts -- Respiratory compromise: from shortness of breath to respiratory arrest (with a pulse) -- VF treated with CPR and automated external defibrillation -- VF/pulseless VT: persistent/refractory/recurrent/shock resistant -- Pulseless electrical activity -- Asystole: the silent heart algorithm -- Acute coronary syndromes: patients with acute ischemic chest pain -- Bradycardias -- Unstable tachycardia -- Stable tachycardia -- Acute ischemic stroke -- Basic ACLS skills: CPR and AED -- Workbookreview questions and annotated answers -- ACLS rhythms for the ACLS algorithms -- ACLS durgs, cardioversion, defibrillation and pacing. tachycardia -- Stable tachycardia -- Acute ischemic stroke -- Basic ACLS skills: CPR and AED -- Workbookreview questions and annotated answers -- ACLS rhythms for the ACLS algorithms -- ACLS durgs, cardioversion, defibrillation and pacing.