BLS
The BLS Healthcare Provider Course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely, and effective manner. This hands-on course teaches the latest CPR techniques using the American Heart Association’s® 2020 guidelines for adults, children, and infants. Our experienced instructors will discuss and review scenarios for emergency response and CPR in both in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.
The intended audience for this class includes providers such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician’s assistants, medical or nursing students in training, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.
You are required to have the current textbook(s) for this course. If you already own or have access to the textbook(s) before, during, and after the class, you do not need to purchase them. The course textbook(s) can be purchased electronically from the American Heart Association website below:
ACLS Provider
Providers will enhance their skills in treating adult victims of cardiac arrest or other cardiopulmonary emergencies. This course emphasizes the:
- importance of basic life support CPR to patient survival
- integration of effective basic life support with ACLS interventions
- importance of effective team interaction and communication during resuscitation
Please be aware that the ACLS courses have a Required pre-course assessment prior to coming to class. You MUST Score a 70%. This can be done as many times as you like. There are no limits on attempts.
ACLS: https://elearning.heart.org/course/423
**The 2020 Advanced Cardiac Life Support manual is required for this course. You may choose to purchase this through our website by clicking on the box to the right of the registration. If you choose not to purchase the book now, you are responsible for getting the manual and taking the course pretest before you come to class.
ACLS Provider Manual eBook
The course includes simulated clinical scenarios that encourage active, hands-on participation through learning stations where students practice essential skills individually, as part of a team, and as a team leader.
Details: For healthcare providers working in emergency treatment, intensive care or critical care, and other professionals who may need to respond to a cardiovascular emergency
Topics covered include:
- Defiberlation
- Single rescuer
- Airway Management
- Rhythm Recognition
- IV/IO Access
- Use of medications
- Cardioversion
- Effective resuscitation team dynamics
- Transcutaneous pacing
Course Features:
- The course uses learning stations for the practice of essential skills
- Students engage in simulated clinical scenarios that encourage active, hands-on participation
- Hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
- Classroom-based works well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning skills
Prior to class, students should:
- Review ACLS Provider manual 2020
- Complete Precourse Test
- Review and understand Cardiac Rhythms
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- PEA
- Asystole
- Bradycardia
- High Degree AV Blocks
- Sinus Bradycardia
- Sinus Tachycardia
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Review ACLS Algorithms
- Review ACLS Pharmacology
ACLS- You are required to provide a CURRENT copy of your ACLS card at the time of the course. If you do not provide a PRINTED COPY of the CURRENT certification, we will charge you for an INITIAL course, and you will be required to complete the INITIAL course. Can’t locate your card? Look it up here https://ecards.heart.org/student/myecards
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will receive an AHA ACLS Course Completion eCard valid for two years. Your eCard will be issued the next business day and if you have not received it within 48 hours please call or email the office.
PALS
The PALS course gives healthcare professionals the knowledge and skills to better recognize and treat critically ill infants and children.
The course uses a scenario-based, team approach to teach pediatric emergency management of pediatric patients approaching or already in respiratory or cardiac arrest. The course covers treatment beyond the first few emergency minutes and goes through stabilizing patients or transport phases of a pediatric emergency, in or out of the hospital.
Please be aware that the PALS courses have a Required pre-course assessment prior to coming to class. You MUST Score a 70%. This can be done as many times as you like. There are no limits on attempts.
PALS: https://elearning.heart.org/course/427
**The 2020 Pediatric Advanced Life Support book is required for this course.
Certifications are good for two years.
Details: For healthcare providers who initiate and direct advanced life support in pediatric emergencies. For medical professionals seeking first-time or renewal credentialed PALS training.
Topics Include:
- Recognition and treatment of infants and children at risk for cardio-pulmonary arrest
- The systematic approach to pediatric assessment
- Effective respiratory management
- Validate skills for 1- and 2-person CPR and AED skills for infant and child
- Defibrillation and synchronized cardioversion
- Intraosseous access and fluid bolus administration
- Effective resuscitation team dynamics
Prior to class, students should:
- Review PALS Provider Manual
- Complete Precourse Test & Precourse Work
- Review Cardiac Rhythms
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- PEA
- Asystole
- Bradycardia
- Sinus Tachycardia
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Review Pediatric Algorithms
- Review of Pediatric Pharmacology
You are required to have the current textbook(s) for this course. If you already own or have access to the textbook(s) before, during, and after the class, you do not need to purchase them. The course textbook(s) can be purchased electronically from the American Heart Association website below:
PALS Provider Manual eBook
BLS Provider Manual eBook
You are required to have the current textbook for this course. If you already own one or have access to one before, during, and after the class, you do not need to purchase one here. Please choose from the following optional items:
AHA Instructor
These are the steps you must do to complete an AHA Instructor:
1. Provide a current AHA Provider card for the disipline you are instructing.
2. Complete Instructor Candidate Application (completed for each discipline separately) to Affiliate with an AHA Training Center. Document https://cpr.heart.org/-/media/CPR2-Files/PAM/Resources-for-PAM/10_13_22/PAM_InstCanApp__221006_FINAL-2.pdf
3. Successfully complete the Instructor Essentials online course for your desired disciplines and print the course completion certificate. This AHA Instructor Essentials online course must be completed before attending the classroom Instructor course. The instructor Essentials Course link will be provided upon registration.
Instructor Essentials BLS ($40.00)
Instructor Essentials ACLS ($40.00)
Instructor Essentials PALS ($40.00)
4. Successfully complete the classroom AHA Instructor Course, passing the written test for your chosen discipline(s) with a score of at least 84%
5. Purchase the Instructor Manual (HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU DO NOT ORDER THE DOWNLOAD)
BLS https://shopcpr.heart.org/bls-instructor-package-digital-video ($148.00)
ACLS https://shopcpr.heart.org/acls-instructor-package-digital-video ($195.00)
PALS https://shopcpr.heart.org/pals-instructor-package-digital-video (195.00)
6. Purchase the Provider Manual
BLS https://shopcpr.heart.org/bls-provider-manual ($18.50)
ACLS https://shopcpr.heart.org/acls-provider-manual ($47.80)
PALS https://shopcpr.heart.org/pals-provider-manual ($56.70)
7. Purchase or have access to AHA approved feedback manikins a link provided here for an example:
https://www.aedsuperstore.com/amp6760-prestan-cpr-training-starter-kit.html?
8. Create a profile through the ATLAS platform. atlas.heart.org/home Use your personal email not work, you may change jobs and will lose access if the email is closed.
9. Create a free account through https://cprsuppliers.com/ align with New View Training
10. Successfully be monitored teaching your first AHA course. Training Center Coordinator can require additional monitoring based on the result given by Training Center Faculty.
11. Re-certify every 2 years. The AHA requires that you teach 4 classes within that 2 years and be monitored during one of those classes in order to re-certify. You will also be required to perform the skills of CPR and take the written exam to prove you still can practice what you preach.
