ACLS Provider

ACLS Provider

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) builds on the foundation of Basic Life Support (BLS), emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. The hands-on instruction and simulated cases in this advanced course are designed to help enhance their skills in the recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute arrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes.

Instructor Facilitated Course

Skills Practice and Testing done in Class

Certification Card Issued day of class

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About the Course

Course Includes

New AHA Preferred Course Curriculum

Pre Course Requirements:

Complete Pre-Course Assessment and Pre-Course work at:

https://elearning.heart.org/course/424

Instructor Facilitated Course with video lessons, skills practice, testing and written exam

Certification Issued Same day

AHA (American Heart Association) E-Card issued same day as the course.  Certification card is good for 2 years.

Skills Learned

  • Apply the BLS, Primary, and SecondaryAssessments sequence for a systematic evaluation of adult patients
  • Perform prompt, high-quality BLS, including prioritizing early chest compressions and integrating early automated external defibrillator (AED) use
  • Recognize and perform early management of respiratory arrest
  • Discuss early recognition and management of ACS and stroke, including appropriate disposition
  • Recognize and perform early management of bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
  • Recognize and perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post–cardiac arrest care
  • Model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team
  • Evaluate resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest through continuous assessment of CPR quality, monitoring the patient’s physiologic response, and delivering real-time feedback to the team
  • Recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance
  • Discuss how the use of a rapid response team or medical emergency team may improve patient outcomes
  • Define systems of care

Meets requirements for 

Medical Training Programs and schools, Medical Residency, Healthcare provider employment, Such as Nurinsg, EMT/Paramedic, Physicians, Dental Providers, and many more.

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.