Advanced Cardiac Life Support
(ACLS)
For advanced healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Who This Class Is For:
ACLS is designed for advanced healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.
Course Description: Classroom
ACLS is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care. It also covers airway management and related pharmacology. In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.
Prerequisite: The student must be an advanced healthcare provider, i.e. nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, etc.
Continuing Education Hours: This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 9.75 Advanced Continuing Education Hours (CEHs) for the initial classroom course (activity number 16-AMHA-F2-0309) and 5.25 Advanced CEHs for the renewal classroom course, (activity number 14-AMHA-F2-0224).
**CAPCE credit must be claimed within 6 months of participation. CEH/CME/CE credit will no longer be available to claim for this activity after the 6-month claiming period.**
For professions other than EMS, Continuing Education may still be available. Visit the American Heart Association online or call Obsidian for more information.
Course Description: Online Part 1 of 3
An alternative to classroom-based ACLS training, HeartCode™ ACLS is a self-paced, comprehensive eLearning course. The course includes interactive patient cases that test students’ ability to apply the ACLS algorithms to effect treatment. The full course combines the web-based lessons with advanced CPR skills training.
For the healthcare team, the course offers:
- Standardized ACLS instruction
- Improved competency
- Cost savings through less time away from the job
Continuing EducationThis continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing (CAPCE), for 4.50 Advanced CEHs for the Online course (activity number 16-AMHA-F3-0318).
**CAPCE credit must be claimed within 6 months of participation. CME/CE credit will no longer be available to claim for this activity after the 6-month claiming period.**
For professions other than EMS, Continuing Education may still be available. Visit the American Heart Association online or call Obsidian for more information.
Course Description: Online Part 2 (Skills Practice) & 3 (Skills Examination):
Parts 2 & 3 must be scheduled with an authorized AHA Instructor. Time to complete Parts 2 & 3 vary. Please contact Obsidian at (661) 360-6871 to schedule your skills practice and examination.
Vitals
The American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course completion and certification card is valid for two years.
| CLASSROOM |
Initial: $175.00
Renewal: $140.00 |
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| ONLINE + SKILLS EXAM |
Initial: $225.00
Renewal: $225.00 |
| Textbook*: | $45.00 |
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*Students are not required to purchase a textbook from Obsidian. However, every student is required to have a textbook with them during the course.
Course Contents Classroom
- Key changes in advanced cardiovascular life support, reflecting the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device and use of an (AED)
- Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
- Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
- Airway management
- Related pharmacology
- Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke
- Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team
- Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics
- This course uses learning stations for practice of essential skills and simulated clinical scenarios
Course Contents Online Part 1
In addition to the Course Contents in the Classroom version, the following features are available with the Online version
- Can be completed at work, at home or wherever Internet access is available
- Can be used for initial or renewal training
- Includes interactive exercises and videos
- Certificate of completion available to print when Part 1 has been completed successfully
- Students have access to all information in the online course for 24 months following activation of their course