Advanced Cardiac Life Support - Certification

This course provides nurses and other clinicians involved in the care of critically ill patients with the basic knowledge of drug regimes and treatment modalities in life-threatening scenarios such as airway emergencies, cardiac arrest, unstable ventricular tachycardia and other cardiac and pulmonary emergencies. Participants will complete a variety of teaching and testing stations, as well as complete a written test and a supervised clinical simulation of roles in an arrest situation. Basic knowledge of cardiac rhythms and their treatment modalities is a pre-requisite for this course. Attendance is required at all sessions. The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in any educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the Association.

Contact Hours: 12

HHS physicians:$175.00
Employees:$115.00
Non-Affiliated:$275.00
Students:$275.00

Online registration starts twelve weeks prior to a class.

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Hallmark Health System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Association Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

American Nurses Association Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s COA.