International Cardiac Advanced Life Support course: a cross-sectional descriptive analysis

Cardiac Advanced Life Support training provides students with the unique opportunity to practice human factors and team building across healthcare disciplines. Furthermore, results demonstrate that nurses exhibit greater confidence in multiple aspects of cardiac surgical resuscitation and are capable of leading the emergency response team. Our study findings provide an opportunity to consider best practice in CALS education and the need for future research in educational design. Despite is ubiquity in cardiac post operative care, both in critical care and ward settings, little research has been conducted to review CALS courses strenghts and areas for future development.