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AHA ACLS INFORMATION
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
The AHA’s ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of preventing cardiac arrest, early and continuous high-quality CPR, and high-performing teams. The course reflects science and education from the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Course Options
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is available in two different training methods – blended learning and classroom training. All ACLS course options teach the same AHA science-based skills and result in the same AHA ACLS Course Completion Card.
Is ACLS the right course for me?
ACLS is geared towards healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies or personnel in emergency response. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.
What does this course teach?
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to
- Define systems of care
- Apply the BLS, Primary, and Secondary Assessments sequence for a systematic evaluation of adult patients
- Discuss how the use of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical emergency team (MET) may improve patient outcomes
- Discuss early recognition and management of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), including appropriate disposition
- Discuss early recognition and management of stroke, including appropriate disposition
- Recognize bradycardias and tachycardias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
- Perform early management of bradycardias and tachycardias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
- Model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team
- Recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance
- Recognize respiratory arrest
- Perform early management of respiratory arrest
- Recognize cardiac arrest
- Perform prompt, high-quality BLS including prioritizing early chest compressions and integrating early automated external defibrillator (AED) use
- Perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post–cardiac arrest care
- 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
HOW MANY CEUS FOR ACLS DO I GET?
The American Heart Association ACLS courses provide CEU/CME credits for EMTs, AEMTs, paramedics, respiratory therapists, nurses, nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, physicians, dentists, and pharmacists. The ACLS certification courses are approved for up to 9.75 CEUs/CMEs, and recertification courses are approved for up to 4.75 CEUs/CMEs.
CLASSROOM ACLS COURSES
Blended Learning HeartCode® ACLS
ALL ONLINE ACLS COURSES
FORMAT:
The ACLS Instructor-led course teaches the importance of preventing cardiac arrest, high-performance teams, early and continuous high-quality CPR, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, post-cardiac arrest care, acute dysrhythmias, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
HeartCode ACLS is the AHA’s ACLS blended learning delivery method. Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course in a self-directed manner, followed by a hands-on skills session.
All-Online ACLS Courses are Instructor-led and presented by zoom. Each ACLS Online Course has been created to meet AHA Guidelines, as well as conducting the courses in equivalency to Classroom ACLS and HeartCode ACLS Skills Sessions.
FEATURES:
- Emphasis on preventing cardiac arrest, early and continuous high-quality CPR, integration of BLS into ACLS and importance of high-performing teams
- Hands-on team dynamics classroom activities
- Video-based course with real world scenarios. Includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual patient videos and lifelike simulations
- Hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency
- HeartCode ACLS uses a personalized adaptive algorithm that sets students on the most efficient path to ACLS mastery.
- Students follow a continuously adapting learning path that is personalized by their own inputs: their performance and their self- reported confidence level related to each probing question.
- Course content is presented in the form of self-directed learning content, probes, and Cognitive Assessment Activities.
- The student has a choice of completing a pre-hospital or in-hospital contextualized track.
- The new all online ACLS Certification, Renewal & Skills utilizes 2 HD camera’s, which allows students to view proper hands-on techniques as well as full body lecturing and demonstrations.
- Student’s are able to been seen, heard and corrected via their device of choice by other students and the Instructor.
- AHA Streaming Videos, Posters, Skills Check and MegaCode Materials are provided to students or shown clearly online.
- Student’s are required to participate with their own hands-on equipment purchased or rented from the store.
eCard:
Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a ACLS Provider course completion eCard, valid for two years.
Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a ACLS Provider course completion eCard, valid for two years.
Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a ACLS Provider course completion eCard, valid for two years.
FAQs
ACLS EDU provides online, onsite, blended and classroom American Heart Association BLS, ACLS & PALS certification courses.