Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
Contact Hours: 6 (an estimated time frame devoted to a course of study from start to finish that can vary from student to student)
The ACLS course is designed for healthcare providers who act in participation or directing the resuscitation of patients, in or outside of the hospital setting. ACLS stresses the importance of basic life support (CPR) for patient survival as well as advanced interventions, multiple-provider scenarios, and communication to use during resuscitation.
Prerequisite
There is no prerequisite for this course. If you are also taking the BLS Certification course, it is recommended you complete that first.
Please note: This certification course is online and is not an onsite program.
Students demonstrate their knowledge of course work by successfully completing a multiple-choice exam.
Unit 1: General Concepts:
Understand 2010 updates to Basic Life Support recommendations from the American Heart Association
Unit 2: BLS and ACLS Surveys:
Be able to assess the scene for factors that will affect resuscitation attempts
ACLS Unit 3: Team Dynamics:
Learn resuscitation procedures in single-provider and multiple-provider scenarios
ACLS Unit 4: Systems of Care:
Illustrate the relationship between resuscitation and ongoing post-cardiac arrest care
ACLS Unit 5: ACLS Cases:
Learn the responses necessary in all different situations
ACLS Unit 6: Pharmacology in Resuscitation:
Review pharmacological options, doses, possible side effects and other considerations
ACLS Unit 7: Rhythm Recognition:
(Appendix) illustration of different rhythms shown through the course