AHA - ACLS - Provider - Renewal

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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

*** NEW 2020 GUIDELINES ***

Provider - Renewal Course

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About:

This advanced resuscitation course teaches the critical actions a provider must take during an adult cardiac arrest during the first 10 minutes. This program highlights the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS). You will learn the immediate actions, including adult BLS, when a patient enters cardiac arrest. This is a common credential required by most facilities. For the Pediatric version of this course (Pediatric Advanced Life Support [PALS]), click here.

Throughout this course, you will learn, practice, and apply the following:

Adult 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 (VF, pVT, PEA, Asystole)
Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia, tachycardia, etc
Basic and advanced airway management
Related pharmacology
Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) and stroke
Effective communication as a member and a leader of a resuscitation team
and more...

Audience: All healthcare providers where ACLS is required for their workplace requirement/scope of practice. Additionally, students of health care programs (i.e., RN Students, Medical Students, NP Students, PA Students, etc. may also attend this program), and more. If you hold an un-expired AHA ACLS credential, then this course is for you.

Before attending this course, you should:

Obtain & read the current 2020 AHA ACLS textbook. The AHA does not permit the loaning/sharing/renting of textbooks. Each participant must have their own textbook available to them before, during, and after the course. (we provide at a discount.)
(Optional) Complete the Online EKG & Emergency Pharmacology course before taking this course. This online course includes all of the necessary content to pass the pre-test and other ACLS course concepts. Registration is available on the next page. Those with significant experience with ECGs and Emergency Pharmacology may skip this section.
Watch 4 videos on the AHA's pre-test website (access code available on page ii of the ACLS textbook).
Complete the pre-course checklist (located inside the textbook)
Pass the ACLS pre-test with a score of 70% or higher. Note: the pre-test access code is located inside the course textbook. The AHA's website provides you with unlimited attempts to pass the pre-test.

Upon completing this course, you will be issued an American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) credential, valid for 2 years.

To complete this course, you must:

Sign-in on the course roster.
Bring your unexpired AHA ACLS credential to the course.
Bring all the required items below to the course.
Have watched all the videos on the AHA website.
Complete and participate in all stations and discussions.
Pass the written (50 MCQs) with a score of 84% or higher.
Complete one mega-code scenario.
Complete the post-course evaluation.

Bring with you to the course:

Your copy of the ACLS textbook.
Completed pre-course checklist.
Pre-test with a score of 70% (or higher).
Copy of your current AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers credential*
Photo ID (i.e., driver's license).

We are not permitted to admit you to the course without these items.

*A BLS card is not required if renewing BLS on the same day as the ACLS course.

Contact hours (nursing): 5.5 continuing nursing education hours are awarded upon successful ACLS renewal program completion. (An additional 6.5 contact hours are awarded for completion of the ECG & Emergency Pharmacology Course). Up to 12 contact hours can be earned!

Faculty: Our instructors are outstanding! They are non-intimidating, knowledgeable, and genuinely interested in helping you succeed in completing this course. Our faculty members are selected because of their expertise, talent, and their friendly approach!

Disclaimers

Required Disclaimers:

The planning committee, presenters, faculty, authors, and content reviewers have no conflict of interest to disclose.
Speakers are required to provide a balanced and unbiased presentation; the presentation has been reviewed, and any bias, if found, has been eliminated.
There is no commercial support, joint providership, or sponsorship for this program.
The Health Care Training Academy (D/B/A CardiacEd) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Accreditation status does not imply endorsement by The Health Care Training Academy (D/B/A CardiacEd), NJSNA, or ANCC Commission on Accreditation of any commercial products displayed (if any) in conjunction with this program.
All registrations are final. Once purchased, there are no refunds, credits, extensions, or transfers. Please verify you can attend the program, with enough time to complete, before registering.
Criteria to complete this program: The entire session must be attended to receive nursing continuing education credit.
Non-nursing professions should consult with their respective board to ensure nursing credit is acceptable for your credential renewal requirements. If you are not a nurse and take this program for educational credit, please verify your board’s acceptance before registering for this event, as refunds will not be issued.

Required AHA Disclaimer: The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional material for this purpose. Use of these materials in an education course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the association.