○ACLS Renewal Course

The American Heart Association’s Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support course is intended for certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed professionals that work in a setting where advanced resuscitation care may be performed.

This course includes the following:
 

• Emphasis on Basic Life Support including skills practice
• Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
• Utilization of the Team-Resuscitation Dynamic
• Recognition & Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes & Stroke
• Treatment of Cardiac Arrest
• Management of Stable & Unstable Bradycardia & Tachycardias
• Opportunity to review Advanced Airway Management

This course does NOT include:

• Formal instruction on placement of advanced airways
• Formal instruction on rhythm identification & ECG interpretation

The renewal certification course is designed for providers course is designed for those who have taken the course previously and whose card is about to expire. Those providers with an expired card must take the full certification course. While the content covered in an ACLS Renewal Course remains the same as that covered in an initial course, the materials is covered at an accelerated paced. Students will be required to run simulations in a group setting. The ACLS Renewal Course does not review stroke or acute coronary syndrome. Students should review these topics prior to the course.

Approximate Length: 8.5 Hours (Renewal)

Required student materials: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Student Manual

Successful performance of both a written and skills exam is required for a completion card.