Asls

Just took the ASLS course yesterday and thought it was really good. Has anyone else taken it and is your hospital and/or EMS using the MEND exam taught?

Did you mean ACLS instead of ASLS? I have not heard of ASLS.

No, I'm talking about Advanced Stroke Life Support. I believe it's a very new course- I took it on Wednesday, which was the second time it was offered at my hospital. It's an eight hour course detailing prehospital and hospital care of the stroke pt. It introduces the MEND exam (Miami Emergency Neuro Deficit exam) instead of the usual hand grip/leg strength/pupil exam that is most commonly done. The new exam is more comprehensive but is still a quick exam, less subjective than the hand grip/leg strength, where every nurse may not agree as to what is strong vs. weak. The house supervisor is trying to get the ER nurses and stroke unit nurses to take the course because although we get all the stroke alerts in the county, we are not a stroke center, and apparently this course is part of the accreditation (sp?) process.

(It's out of the University of Miami; http://www.asls.net )

Thank you for the information. I had no idea there was a course on Advanced stroke life support. Very useful thread. Thank-you again. I learn a lot on :wink2: these boards.

welcome to the wonderfull world of ER nursing

and cool more CEUs to get