3-4 hours
For students who do not have a current BLS certification
Live, In-Person Classes for health care providers and prehospital responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of medical settings or by those in a health care training program.
Includes Adult, Child & Infant CPR
Prerequisites: None
3-4 hours
For students who have a current BLS certification
Live, In-Person Classes for health care providers and prehospital responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of medical settings or by those in a health care training program.
Includes Adult, Child & Infant CPR
Prerequisites: Current BLS Provider card
1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour In-Person Skills Session with an Instructor
Only recommended for students who have a current BLS certification
Blended Learning for health care providers and prehospital responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of medical settings or by those in a health care training program.
Prerequisite: Complete "HeartCode BLS" online (available when registering for class)
6-7 hours
For health care providers and prehospital responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of medical settings or by those in a health care training program.
Includes Adult, Child & Infant Victims
Prerequisites: None
4-6 hours
For anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Module Options: Adult, Child & Infant, or Adult.
Prerequisites: None
1-2 hour online course; 1 hour skills session.
For anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR, AED & First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED" online (available when registering for class).
1.5-3 hours
For anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Module Options: Adult, Child & Infant, or Adult, or Child & Infant.
Prerequisites: None
1-2 hour online course; 1 hour skills session.
For anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR & AED course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver CPR AED" online (available when registering for class).
2-2.5 hours
For anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Includes Adult, Child & Infant.
Prerequisites: None
1-2 hour online course; 1 hour skills session.
For anyone with little or no medical training who needs a First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver First Aid" online (available when registering for class).
4-6 hours
For anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Module Options: Adult, Child & Infant, or Child & Infant.
Prerequisites: None
1-2 hour online course; 1 hour skills session.
For anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR, AED & First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED" online (available when registering for class).
1-2 hours
For anyone who needs basic bloodborne pathogens training for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Prerequisites: None
1-2 hour online course (no skills session)
For anyone who needs basic bloodborne pathogens training for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Prerequisite: None
2-3 hours
For anyone with little or no medical training who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting (No certification card provided).
Prerequisites: None
12-15 hours
For healthcare professionals who manage cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies; and all emergency response personnel.
Prerequisites: Current BLS Provider card & ability to interpret ECGs.
7-8 hours
For healthcare professionals who manage cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies; and all emergency response personnel.
Prerequisites: Current BLS & ACLS Provider cards & ability to interpret ECGs.
2-3 hours
For anyone with little or no medical training who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting (No certification card provided).
Prerequisites: None
12-15 hours
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.
Prerequisites: Current BLS Provider card & ability to interpret ECGs
7-8 hours
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.
Prerequisites: Current BLS & PALS Provider cards & ability to interpret ECGs
2-4 hour online course; 2-3 hour skill session.
For healthcare professionals who manage cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies; and all emergency response personnel.
Prerequisite: Complete "HeartCode PALS" online (available when registering for class).
4-6 hour online course; 2-3 hour skill session.
For experienced pediatric healthcare providers seeking advanced educational content. The PALS Plus online course teaches content beyond the standard PALS Provider curriculum through the addition of at least 6 of 9 PALS Advanced eLearning Modules related to pediatric emergencies.
Prerequisite: Complete "PALS Plus" online (available when registering for class).
3-9 hours online course, 2-3 hours skill session
For all in-hospital and prehospital healthcare professionals involved in the management of acute stroke patients and meets the education requirements for Stroke Center Certification.
Prerequisites: Complete "ASLS" online (available when registering for class).
7-8 hours
For healthcare professionals who manage cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies; and all ALS emergency response personnel.
Prerequisites: Current BLS & ACLS Provider cards & ability to interpret ECGs
7-8 hours
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children.
Prerequisites: Current BLS Provider card
4-5 hours online course, 2 hour skill session.
For healthcare providers who care for neonates or newborns, such as ambulance personnel, NICU staff, L&D staff, and other healthcare providers who participate in neonatal emergency care & resuscitation.
Prerequisites: Online 8th Edition NRP Provider Course: aap.org/nrp (additional online course fee applies).
4 hours
Our 3 Lead ECG course reviews basic heart electrophysiology, normal ECG measurements, basic arrhythmias, & how to integrate ECGs into ACLS or PALS algorithms.
For healthcare providers who are preparing to work in telemetry units or preparing to take an ACLS or PALS course.
Prerequisites: None
8 hours
Our 12 Lead ECG course reviews the basic of 3 lead ECG and introduces 12 lead ECG placement and interpretation.
For healthcare providers who are preparing to work in telemetry units or who may place electrodes for 12 lead ECG or review rhythms.
Prerequisites: 3 Lead ECG knowledge; prefer completion of the APHE 3 Lead ECG course.
4 hours
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies.
Prerequisites: Current BLS Provider card
11-12 hours
For healthcare professionals who manage cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies in adults and pediatrics; and all emergency response personnel.
Prerequisites: Current BLS, ACLS and PALS Provider cards
1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association BLS, BLS Renewal and Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED classes and BLS and Heartsaver Skill Sessions.
Prerequisites: Current BLS Provider card & complete "BLS Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).
1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED classes and Skill Sessions.
Prerequisites: Current BLS or Heartsaver Provider card & complete "Heartsaver Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).
1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association ACLS and ACLS Update classes and ACLS Skill Sessions.
Prerequisites: Current ACLS Provider card & complete "ACLS Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).
1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association PALS, PALS Update and PEARS classes and PALS Skill Sessions.
Prerequisites: Current PALS Provider card & complete "PALS Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).
1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association ASLS classes.
Prerequisites: Current ASLS Provider card & complete "ASLS Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).
1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association ACLS for Experienced Providers classes.
Prerequisites: Current ACLS EP Provider card & complete "ACLS EP Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).
1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association PEARS classes.
Prerequisites: Current PALS or PEARS Provider card & complete "PEARS Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).
The AHA’s ACLS Prep: ECG Course is a self-directed eLearning course designed for students preparing to take an AHA ACLS Course. This course is also ideal for healthcare professionals who require basic rhythm recognition skills related to the ACLS algorithms.
Prerequisites: None
The AHA’s ACLS Prep: Pharmacology Course is a self-directed eLearning course designed for students preparing to take an AHA ACLS Course. This course is also ideal for healthcare professionals who require pharmacology knowledge related to the ACLS algorithms.
Prerequisites: None
The AHA’s ACLS Prep: ECG & Pharmacology Course Bundle is a self-directed eLearning course designed for students preparing to take an AHA ACLS Course. This course combines the ECG & Pharmacology modules to prepare healthcare professionals for ACLS algorithms.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
The ALS: Advanced Airway Management Module is designed to teach providers how to evaluate and determine the need for an advanced airway in patients. This course provides instruction on the strategies of oxygen monitoring and delivery prior to advanced airway placement. It also demonstrates the strategies and goals of advanced airway insertion, troubleshooting issues, ensuring proper placement, and monitoring the patient.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
The ALS: Advanced ECG Module describes more complex arrhythmias, such as second and third-degree heart blocks, wide complex tachycardia, and narrow complex tachycardia.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
The ALS: High-Performance Teams Module covers the essential role of high-performance teams in improving survival from cardiac arrest. It educates students on how high-performance teams carry out their roles in highly effective manners, resulting in superior performance and timing, which can translate to improved survival for patients in cardiac arrest.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
Maternal Cardiac Arrest (MCA) is a life-threatening event that may occur in any healthcare setting, even outside the hospital. Cardiac arrest in this population poses unique challenges to a healthcare team since there are critical actions affecting two patients. This module explores the why of MCA and how to treat pregnant cardiac arrest patients within a hospital.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
The ALS: Mechanical Circulatory Systems Module describes the introduction to mechanical circulatory support, general concepts of patient selection, and types of percutaneous mechanical circulatory support.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
The ALS: Opioid Module is designed to help clinical team members provide immediate treatment and care for adult opioid overdose victims.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
Keeping in mind that 2020 Guidelines for CPR and ECC highlighted the new 6th recovery link in the Chain of Survival, the ALS: Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Module describes the pathophysiology of post-arrest syndrome, the initial management of post-cardiac arrest (first 30 min), and 24-to-72-hour post-ROSC management.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
The ALS: Procedural Sedation Module covers pre-procedural considerations for the use of procedural sedation, including identification of the levels of sedation and when sedation becomes general anesthesia. The course describes how to evaluate patients prior to, during, and post-procedural sedation.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
The ALS: Respiratory Emergencies Module covers several of the most common respiratory emergencies including severe asthma, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, anaphylaxis, peri-intubation arrest, pulmonary embolism, and noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Prerequisites: None
ALS: Advanced is eLearning modules for advanced healthcare providers seeking additional content or Continuing Education (CE) Credit beyond ACLS.
The ALS: Trauma Module covers the systematic evaluation of a trauma patient, including performing initial lifesaving maneuvers.
Prerequisites: None
The AHA and the American Academy of Pediatrics collaborated to develop PALS Plus, a pediatric advanced life support course designed for more experienced pediatric healthcare professionals seeking advanced educational content. This course teaches more than the standard PALS curriculum through the addition of 9 PALS Advanced eLearning Modules related to pediatric emergencies.
The full course includes an online portion consisting of HeartCode® PALS Online and the student’s selection of at least 6 of the 9 PALS Plus Advanced eLearning Modules, followed by a HeartCode PALS hands-on skills session with an authorized AHA PALS Instructor.
Prerequisites: None
Pediatric airways are not just small adult airways; they carry special considerations and treatments. This module compares those differences and further reviews the clinical features, diagnosis, and management tactics for obstructions and upper and lower airway diseases of the lungs. It covers positive-pressure ventilation and the requirements for advanced airway placement. Additionally, the module addresses aerosol-generating procedures in the COVID-19 era.
Prerequisites: None
Learn the concepts and interventions related to pediatric child abuse. Content includes topics such as recognition of risk for abuse, understanding gross-motor development, recognition of “red flags,” distinguishing bruising patterns, burn characteristics, and recognition of potential exposure to illicit substances.
Prerequisites: None
Learn about the general management of patients with single-ventricle anatomy and physiology, including changes as palliation progresses from stage I to stage III, physiologic features that can increase the risk of decompensation, monitoring, mechanical ventilation strategies and their impact, and differences in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for these patients.
Prerequisites: None
Learn about the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of pediatric post–cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS), implementation of cardiac monitoring as part of PCAS, implementation of respiratory support of the intubated child during PCAC, implementation of neurologic support and monitoring during PCAC, monitoring for and managing other physiologic/organ/secondary complications of PCAS, outcomes and prognostication after cardiac arrest, and recovery after cardiac arrest.
Prerequisites: None
Procedural sedation in the pediatric population presents additional factors beyond sedation of an adult patient. This module addresses levels of sedation and the pediatric-focused considerations associated. It covers the common medications and monitoring needed to keep the patient safe. The module includes several clinical scenarios for students to apply their knowledge in a practical way.
Prerequisites: None
This module describes the identification and management of medical emergencies in pediatric patients with special healthcare needs. It is designed to educate students about potential complications related to intrathecal baclofen pumps, tracheostomy tubes, vagal nerve stimulators, and ventriculoperitoneal shunts.
Prerequisites: None
Learn the basics of identification of toxic substances through targeted history, physical exam, and diagnostic studies. Review common therapies for ingestions, including methods used to minimize drug absorption and enhance excretion for common poisons. This module also reviews effects of commonly misused or abused drugs as well as a section describing treatments for caustic eye injuries that children may encounter.
Prerequisites: None
This module covers concepts and interventions related to pediatric trauma. The content describes unique anatomic and physiologic characteristics that affect the interventions and responses to injury and subsequent management.
Prerequisites: None
Learn the basic principles of ultrasound physics, basic controls common to most medical ultrasound equipment, images obtained for an e-FAST ultrasound study, other applications of point-of-care ultrasound, and performing ultrasound assessments of the airway (A), breathing (B), circulation (C), and disability (D) (trauma).
Prerequisites: None
For healthcare professionals who manage cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies in adults and pediatrics; and all emergency response personnel. Students taking this class must have current BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications.
The AHA’s BLS, ACLS & PALS Provider Renewal Classes has been updated to reflect new science in the 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC. This course teaches basic and advanced life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings, with a focus on high-quality CPR, improvement of chest compression fraction, and high-performing team dynamics. The BLS, ACLS and PALS Provider Renewal Class teaches rescue techniques for adults, children and infants. Students will receive BLS, ACLS and PALS AHA eCards upon successful completion.
The course is 11-12 hours, with a DVD presentations, lectures, discussions, practical application, written exams and skills tests.
- Current BLS, ACLS & PALS Provider cards,
- Ability to interpret ECGs, and
- Complete the ACLS & PALS Precourse Self Assessments.
$429.99
- $20 Off with Code BAP
The AHA requires that each student have the current digital or printed textbooks at this course. If you do not have either, please add either the eBooks or printed manuals to your order when you register.
- Emailed - AHA BLS, ACLS, & PALS Provider Manual eBooks
- Printed - AHA BLS, ACLS, & PALS Provider Manuals
For healthcare providers who are preparing to work in telemetry units or preparing to take an ACLS or PALS course.
Our 3 Lead ECG course reviews basic heart electrophysiology, normal ECG measurements, basic arrhythmias, & how to integrate ECGs into ACLS or PALS algorithms.
The course is 4 hours, with lectures, discussions and practical application.
None
$49.99
Handouts In Class Only
For healthcare providers who are preparing to work in telemetry units or who may place electrodes for 12 lead ECG or review rhythms.
Our 12 Lead ECG course reviews the basic of 3 lead ECG and introduces 12 lead ECG placement and interpretation.
The course is 8 hours, with lectures, discussions and practical application.
None
$99.99
Handouts In Class Only
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies or anyone who may have to manage a patient's airway or breathing.
The Airway Management class by APHE has been updated to reflect new science in the 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC. This course teaches basic and advanced life support airway management skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings.
The course is 4 hours, with lectures, discussions and practical application.
Current BLS Provider cards.
$49.99
Handouts In Class Only
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