Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification for Healthcare Providers
The Basic Life Support course teaches learners to recognize several life-threatening emergencies and to respond appropriately. Training includes instructions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The course also covers relief of choking including interventions such as the Heimlich maneuver and back blows/chest thrusts. The BLS course curriculum includes rescue guidelines for infants, children, and adults.
Who should take this course?
The BLS certification course is designed for healthcare professionals including physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, paramedics, pharmacists, physical therapists, dentists, medical students, and other healthcare professionals. The BLS course is also useful for anyone who needs to know how to perform CPR such as athletic trainers, teachers, coaches, lifeguards, and social workers. BLS certification will help give you the confidence to quickly and properly provide high-quality life support when it is needed.
What does this course teach?
- High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
- Initiate the chain of survival as soon as a possible problem is identified
- Initiate immediate high-quality chest compressions for any victim
- Provide early defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator (AED) when one is available
- Initiate rescue breathing when respiration is inadequate
- Perform BLS as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
- Relieve a choking episode in adults and infants
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) for Healthcare Providers
The Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification course builds on the foundation on BLS and assumes basic knowledge in several areas. It is recommended the learner has sound knowledge of the following areas before beginning the ACLS course:
- BLS skills
- Basic ECG rhythm interpretation
- Airway management
- Vascular access
- Pharmacology of the drugs commonly used in adult resuscitation
While our ACLS course provides education on virtually every aspect of acute resuscitation, learners should only perform tasks that are within their professional scope of practice. Our goal is to provide medical professionals with an innovative learning experience that helps to enhance the systems of care that save lives.
Who should take this course?
The ACLS certification course is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiorespiratory emergencies such as cardiac arrest, pulmonary arrest, cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, and stroke. This includes physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, CRNAs, EMTs, paramedics, dentists, other healthcare professionals and students.
Being ACLS certified will help you feel confident when responding to a code and providing lifesaving care when it matters most.
What does this course teach?
- BLS and ACLS surveys
- Management of ACS and stroke
- Airway devices and management
- Resuscitation medications and dosage
- ACLS algorithms for life-threatening emergencies
- Post-cardiac arrest care
- Team dynamics and effective communication
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