The Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Provider course is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrests or other cardiovascular emergencies. In this Instructor-led course, which includes active participation in simulated cases, students will enhance their skills in the recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardia arrest, acute arrhythmia, stroke and acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The goal of the ACLS Provider course is to improve outcomes for adult patients of cardiac arrest and other cardiopulmonary emergencies through early recognition and interventions by high-performance teams.
The ACLS provider course covers extensive material in a short period of time (~12 hours), therefore you need to prepare for the course beforehand. Prior knowledge of BLS, ECG rhythm interpretation, basic drug and pharmacology is neccessary as it will not be taught during this class.
During the course students must pass a written exam and skills tests in order to receive an AHA ACLS completion card. The completion card is valid for 2 years.
An ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment plus ACLS Precourse work is a prerequisite for taking the ACLS provider course for all Students who never took ACLS before or if it has been more than four (4) years since your last ACLS card expired.
In these cases please follow this link: https://elearning.heart.org/course/424
If you need to take the ACLS course, because your current card is expired and you have proof that you had an AHA course card within the last 4 years, you have the option to take the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment only.
To access, please follow this link: https://elearning.heart.org/course/423
The ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment is an online tool before the course to evaluate a student's profiency and determine the need for additional review and practice in 3 sections: rhythm recognition, pharmacology, practical application. All students must review, understand and pass the Precourse Self Assessment with a minimum score of 70% before gaining access to the Precourse work.
The ACLS Precourse work involves a student reviewing course content through online videos before entering the classroom. The video lessons cover multiple medical subjects and each lesson includes questions to engage the student. This precourse work allows more classroom time for hands on skills training and leads to the student being better prepared to participate as soon as they enter the classroom.
PLEASE NOTE: Will need an ACLS manual to read in it's entirety prior to taking the online ACLS Precourse Work and/or ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment. Please allow two to three weeks to complete prior to the class date.
After completion of the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment and Precourse video lessons, or if applicable the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment only, print your Score Report and your Completion Certificate and bring both documents with you to the class along with your AHA ACLS Student Manual.