ACLS Course (Original 2020)
The ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. This advanced course highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care, and immediate post-cardiac arrest care. ACLS also covers airway management and related pharmacology.
Skills are taught in large-group sessions and small-group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.
MANDATORY PRECOURSE MATERIAL
The ACLS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This is a magnificent change; even those not yet up for renewal can update by watching the videos and gaining new information before Renewal or Initial class. Directions will be given in your registration email.
The ACLS course covers:
- ACLS algorithms
- immediate post-cardiac-arrest care
- airway management
- rhythm recognition
- high-quality CPR
- 1-rescuer CPR AED
- effective resuscitation team dynamics
- science overview (update course)
- BLS and ACLS surveys
- ACS
- Megacode treatment
- identification and initial care of other life-threatening clinical situations (such as stroke).
PALS Course (Original 2020)
This instructor-led, classroom-based PALS course is an essential resource for training physicians, nurses, and emergency medical care providers in PALS. Also useful as a pre- and post-course reference book. Based on the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC.
MANDATORY PRECOURSE MATERIAL
The PALS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This is a magnificent change; even those not yet up for renewal can update by watching the videos and gaining new information before Renewal or Initial class. Directions will be given in your registration email.
The PALS course covers:
The classroom- and video-based, instructor-led PALS course uses a series of simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. Manual includes information on:
- Pediatric emergencies
- Concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment
- BLS
- PALS treatment algorithms
- Effective resuscitation
- Team dynamics.
Do You Need BLS? You can also get your BLS for Healthcare Providers Certification during this course by adding the AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Online Course from the menu below. Complete Part 1 online via the Internet, print the completion certificate and bring it with you on the day of the course. Complete Part 2 & 3 "skills check" to get your official American Heart Association certification card the day of this course.