ACLS Provider Renewal w/BLS Course Description for The Everett Clinic Employees only – A current, non-expired AHA ACLS card is required to attend a renewal class.
NEW CHANGE has of December 2023 – you will be required to register using your UHG 9-digit employee ID. Your TEC employee number will no longer be accepted.
- To find you UHG employee number, login to SPARQ -> Global Self Service (GSS) -> Paycheck -> open a pdf of your paycheck -> Your employee ID will be under Employee ID near your name.
AHA E-Exam Option: You will be sent a link to the AHA BLS & ACLS online exams. We encourage you to start the exam in advance of the course and use your AHA ACLS Provider Manual as a reference for the questions you don't know. You can stop and start this as many times as you wish, but once you complete all 50 questions and hit the submit button, the exam will be scored. A passing score is 84% for the e-exam. If you don't pass or can't complete the exam prior to your course, you will have an opportunity to complete it at the end of the second day of class.
The Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) Classroom Course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care. It also covers airway management and related pharmacology. In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.
Features:
- Course uses learning stations for practice of essential skills simulated clinical scenarios that encourage Active participation
- Instructor led hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
- Classroom-based works well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning skills
Audience: ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.
Providers who take the ACLS Course must be proficient in the following:
- Performing BLS CPR skills using the 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC
- Reading and interpreting ECGs
- Understanding ACLS drugs
- Performing the BLS Survey and the ACLS Survey
- This course does not teach interpretation of ECG Rhythms or detailed ACLS Pharmacology.
Prerequisites and Preparation: Proof of renewal eligibility is REQUIRED. You nust have a CURRENT, NON-EXPIRED AHA ACLS Provider card to register for this class.
BEFORE THE COURSE, it is required to review and understand the information in your ACLS Provider Manual and successfully complete the Precourse Self-Assessment with a passing score of 70. Please visit: https://elearning.heart.org/course/423, and click “Launch Course”. This course is free. If you are asked to pay or enter any credit card information, you have selected the wrong course. You will be required to turn in the scores from your completed self-assessment.
Course Length: 9 hours
Student Materials:
- ACLS Provider Manual; includes the ACLS Pocket Reference Card Set (Required)
- Basic Life Support Provider Manual; includes Pocket Reference Card (Required)
- EKG/ECG 101 Study Guide (Recommended)
- ECC Handbook (Recommended)
- All current manuals are from 2020. eBooks are acceptable in all courses.
Certification: Upon successful completion, students receive an American Heart Association BLS Provider Card and an ACLS Provider Card, both valid for two years.
- Friday, June 14, 2024 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (full)TEC Everett, Monte Cristo - Pilchuck
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