Cost: $125 (See Payment Page)
Text: PALS Provider Manual (Not Provided)
Course content consists of rapid cardiopulmonary assessment, recognition of the impending shock and respiratory arrest, and resuscitation of the pediatric patient in cardiac arrest.
Class participants consist of pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, EMS personnel, respiratory therapists and other healthcare providers who are responsible for the well-being of infants and children.
Skills competencies will be confirmed and a course written examination must be successfully completed.
Upon course completion, an American Heart Association PALS Course Certification Card will be issued. Participants are welcome to audit; however only those qualified will receive a course completion certification.
Cost: $125 (See Payment Page)
Text: ACLS Provider Manual (Not Provided)
Course contents consist of: the recognition and management of respiratory arrest, witnessed and unwitnessed cardiac arrest, brady-and-tachy dysrhythmias, asystole, pulseless electrical activity, acute coronary syndrome and cerebral vascular accidents.
Those eligible to take this course include personnel staffing emergency, intensive or critical care units, EMS providers, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and other professionals who may have a need to respond to a cardiovascular emergency.
All those interested may audit the course, but students must be eligible to receive certification before one will be issued by the American Heart Association.
A current CPR card is required.
Please contact the Lifeline office for more information.
Course content includes adult, child and infant CPR, as well as obstructed airway management and automated external defibrillator (AED) training.
Certification will be provided through the American Heart Association.
The content of this course is similar to the initial provider course, including a skills proficiency test and a course written examination.
This certified course covers 4 hours of Basic CPR and 4 hours of Basic First Aid. Students of the course will be taught how to perform CPR and relieve foreign-body airway obstructions for victims of all ages.
Participants will also become familiar with acute injuries as well as sudden illnesses and will be able to provide basic first aid care for many emergencies.
This course is designed for all lay responders such as law enforcement and security personnel, airline employees, members of a business emergency response team, or anyone who has an interest in learning lifesaving techniques of CPR, the AED and first aid care.
A CPR and First Aid course completion card is issued by the American Heart Association.
Manuals are provided for the student and skills proficiency will be demonstrated. A classroom workbook will be completed.
The Heartsaver course is video-mediated and is designed to teach the lay person how to recognize and treat life threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest, stroke and choking for victims of all ages.
The automated external defibrillator (AED) is included in this course.
Participants include the lay person such as workplace employees, daycare staff and teachers, babysitters, law enforcement and firefighters, airline personnel, security guards, and those who may have a need to respond to an emergency.
The Heartsaver CPR course is also geared towards the non-professional who wants to learn the lifesaving techniques of CPR and the use of the AED.
Students will demonstrate CPR and AED proficiency and will complete a student workbook in class. A course completion certificate will be issued by the American Heart Association.