American Heart Association Courses for Healthcare Professionals
Courses for Healthcare Providers
Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR/AED version for Health Care Professionals
The BLS Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on High-Quality CPR and team dynamics. Hands-on format reinforces BLS skills and improves student knowledge and proficiency. Video instruction with real world scenarios is also included. A written test is given to assess understanding of essential topics covered in the course.
Intended Audience: Individuals in the healthcare or professional rescuer field that are required to have professional-level basic life support training.
This is the CPR/AED course for healthcare professionals and meets requirements of hospitals and other medical organizations.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
The ACLS instructor-led course builds on foundations of lifesaving BLS skills and treatment protocols for cardiopulmonary arrest victims, including recognition and treatment of dysrhythmias, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes. Hands-on format reinforces team member performance and understanding of established intervention protocols using real world examples.
Pre-requisites: ability to interpret basic ECG, understand cardiovascular pharmacology
Intended Audience: trained and skilled healthcare providers who either direct or participate in cardiopulmonary emergencies and resuscitation efforts
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
The PALS instructor-led course builds on pediatric life saving skills and treatment protocols for the pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest victim, as well as those in emergency situations. Hands-on format reinforces team member performance and understanding of established pediatric emergency treatment protocols using real world examples.
PALS -Course for health professionals that work in pediatric critical care environments
Intended Audience: Healthcare providers who either direct or participate in cardiopulmonary emergencies in pediatric emergencies and resuscitation efforts.
EKG- Pharmacology Prep for ACLS and/or PALS
This course is designed to prepare students for advanced courses by providing instruction on basic EKG interpretation and Pharmacology used in in the treatment of patients.