1. National Emergency Cardiovascular Care Education Models: Where Do We Go From Here? Paris Hotel and Casino  Las Vegas, Nevada Presented by: Richard N. Bradley, MD, LP, FACEP Richard N. Bradley, MD, LP, FACEP

2. Presenter Disclosure Information Richard N. Bradley, MD, LP, FACEP National Emergency Cardiovascular Care Education Models: Where Do We Go From Here? FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE:  No relevant financial relationship (s) exist. UNLABELED/UNAPPROVED USES DISCLOSURE:  No unlabeled/unapproved uses.

3. Disclosures Chairman of the CPR Sub-Council of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council Board Member of the Citizen CPR Foundation Program Committee Member for ECCU2014 Employee of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

4. What do Employers Want © 2003-2014 City of Louisville, Kentucky. All rights reserved. Maximal use of self-paced, independent learning; minimal requirements for overtime expenses.

5. What Does Certification Mean?

6. American Society of Anesthesiologists

7. Hospital Sedation Packet

8. US Code of Federal Regulations

10. Who Sets the Minimum Standards? Should skills practice be a part of emergency cardiac care training? Should an evaluation of skill performance be required for certification?

11. What Does ACLS Teach a Student to Do?

12. What Does ACLS Certification Mean?

14. My ACLS Card Who issued this card? Was there a verification of skills? Was the content valid?

15. Do What I Say, Not What I Do http://www.practiceattraction.com/walk-the-talk/ I was able to find a web site that gave me an ACLS card after paying $125 and taking an on-line test. I did not have to complete a skills test. I met the technical requirements for my position, but no one verified my ACLS skills.

16. Standardized ACLS Certification We need a standardized ACLS certification criteria.

17. Summit On Emergency Care Training Before ECCU 2015, the major emergency cardiac care training organizations, and other interested parties, should hold a national summit defining the minimum standards for basic and advanced life support certification.