ACLS Provider

​ACLS Provider

Classroom Course with an American Heart Association Instructor
​You must complete the online Precourse Self-Assessment prior to attending course.

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Same day certification cards issued immediately after class!

ACLS Provider Course Description

Attentive Safety offers the ACLS Provider course to build on the foundation of lifesaving Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. This advanced course highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care, and immediate post-cardiac arrest care. ACLS also covers airway management and related pharmacology.

Skills are taught in large-group sessions and small-group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.

ACLS Provider Course Schedule

Classes held 7 days a week
​​7:00am
12:00pm
5:00pm

ACLS Provider Course Cost

$200.00
​(Payment must be received at least 24 hours prior to class time or $25 Walk-In fee applies. If paying less than 24 hours you must call for availability first.)

​ACLS Provider Card

ACLS Provider is a credentialed course. Providers who successfully complete the ACLS course receive a course completion card valid for two years.

ACLS Provider Course Estimated Time

Course taught using 1:1 Student to Instructor Ratio
​(Based on 6:1 Student
to Instructor Ratio)
​Approx. 12 hours and 20 minutes without breaks
​Successful completion is based on achievement of the core learning objectives rather than a prescribed instruction time.

Mandatory ACLS Provider Precourse Requirements

You should prepare for the course by doing the following:
  1. Complete the Precourse Preparation Checklist that came with your ACLS Provider Manual. Bring the checklist with you to the course.
  2. Review the course agenda.
  3. Review and understand the information in your ACLS Provider Manual. Pay particular attention to the cases in Part 5.
  4. Ensure that your BLS skills and knowledge are current for the resuscitation scenarios. You will be tested on adult high-quality BLS skills at the beginning of the ACLS Course. You must know this in advance because you will not be taught how to do CPR or use an AED.
  5. Review, understand, and complete the Precourse Self-Assessment (mandatory) on the Student Website (www.heart.org/eccstudent). The code is ACLS15. You will not be taught how to read or interpret ECGs in the course, nor will you be taught details about pharmacology.
  6. Print your scores (certificate) for the Precourse Self-Assessment and bring them with you to class. A passing score is 70% or above, and you can take the Precourse Self-Assessment as many times as needed to achieve a passing score.

ACLS Provider Course Agenda

  • ​​Science of Resuscitation: A high level overview of the entire class, and discussion of updated guidelines.
  • Systematic Approach: A 3-step process that includes General Impression, Primary Assessment, and Secondary Assessment
  • High Quality BLS (Adult only)
  • Airway Management: Basic and Advanced airway management skills including the use of Waveform Capnography.
  • Technology Review: Learning how to use monitor functions such as: defibrillation, synchronized cardioversion, and pacing.
  • Team Dynamics: Contrasting bad and good team behaviors, and discussing priorities of team members.
  • Overview of ACLS algorithms
  • Overview of ECG rhythms 
  • Megacode: Each student is given a scenario and required to function as a team leader
  • Acute Coronary Syndromes
  • Acute Stroke
  • Learning stations (each student must perform the below scenario on their own):
    • Cardiac Arrest
    • Bradycardia
    • Tachycardia (Stable and Unstable)
    • Immediate Post-Cardiac Arrest Care

ACLS Provider Course Completion Requirements

You will be using your ACLS Provider Manual throughout the course.
  • Pass the Adult High-Quality BLS Skills Test
  • Pass the Bag-Mask Ventilation Skills Test with OPA/NPA insertion
  • Demonstrate competency in learning station skills
  • Pass the Megacode test
  • Pass the open-resource exam with a minimum score of 84%
    • An open-resource exam allows students the ability to use available resources, such as the ECC Handbook and Provider Manual, posters, algorithms, etc, to process information analytically but also to think independently and creatively with curriculum content.

​Who Needs ACLS Provider Certification?

Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training's ACLS Provider classes are for healthcare providers who work in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies. These requirements are driven by state licensing board regulations and detail which particular healthcare agencies or individual healthcare license holders that are required to maintain ACLS Provider certification. This class can also be taken by medical professionals or students in a medical program who are interested in expanding their knowledge.

Individuals that usually require an ACLS Provider certification are:

Continuing Education Credits for EMS Professionals

Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training is now able to offer Continuing Education credits through CAPCE (Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education) for EMS professionals. This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 2.25 Basic CEHs, activity number 18-AMHA-F2-0001.