Washington, DC BLS Certification, PALS, CPR and ACLS Classes in Alexandria Virginia

ACLS Provider Course, Washington, DC $300

AHA’s ACLS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. This course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR.

This advanced course highlights the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

ACLS Update Course, Washington, DC $275

AHA’s ACLS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. This course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR.

This advanced course highlights the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

ACLS Provider Skills Session, Washington, DC $125

HeartCode® ACLS is a self-directed, comprehensive eLearning program that uses eSimulation technology to allow students to assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings. To enter the course, students must complete a precourse self-assessment. Students will then be presented with a team dynamics lesson and 10 In-hospital patient cases, including a BLS case and 2 megacode cases.

Upon successful completion of all the patient cases, students must pass the written exam with a score of 84%. Students then are able to attend the hands-on session required for full course completion.

Features

•Updated science and education reflecting the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC

•Enhanced learning experience through eSimulations, life-like animations, and realistic scenarios

•Advanced, evidence-based resuscitation education and skills critical to the Chain of Survival

•Enhanced course structure and scenarios to ensure immediate preparedness in real-world situations

•Continuing education credits available

Course Content

After successfully completing the HeartCode ACLS Course, including the online portion, followed by the hands-on skills session, students should be able to

•Apply the BLS, Primary, and Secondary Assessments sequence for a systematic evaluation of adult patients

•Perform prompt, high-quality BLS, including prioritizing early chest compressions and integrating early AED use

•Recognize and perform early management of respiratory arrest

•Discuss early recognition and management of ACS and stroke, including appropriate disposition

•Recognize and perform early management of bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome

•Recognize and perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post–cardiac arrest care

•Model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team

•Evaluate resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest through continuous assessment of CPR quality, monitoring the patient’s physiologic response, and delivering real-time feedback to the team

•Recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance

•Discuss how the use of a rapid response team or medical emergency team may improve patient outcomes

•Define systems of care

BLS Provider Class, Washington DC $95

The BLS Course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED.

In the Instructor-led course, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.

BLS Provider Skills Session, Washington, DC $75

HeartCode BLS uses a variety of eLearning assets such as dramatizations, eSimulations, animations, self-directed learning, and interactive activities to teach students BLS knowledge and skills.

After completing the online portion, students attend a structured BLS Hands-On Session with an AHA Instructor. This session focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, team scenarios, discussions of local protocols, and skills testing. Where available, students may also complete the hands-on session with a voice-assisted manikin (VAM).

HeartCode BLS is for healthcare professionals seeking an alternative method for completing an initial or renewal BLS Course.

Features

•Updated science and education reflecting the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC

•Includes in-facility and prehospital tracks; student chooses his/her track before starting the HeartCode BLS Online Portion

•Enhanced learning experience through eSimulations, life-like animations, video scenarios, and knowledge checks

•Accessible version available for students with hearing, vision, and/or motor impairments on OnlineAHA.org only.

Course Content

•New science and education from the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC

•The components of high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants

•The AHA Chain of Survival for prehospital and in-facility providers

•Important early use of an AED

•Effective ventilations using a barrier device

•Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR

•Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

AHA Approved Distributors

Visit one of our Distributors to purchase course materials.

Channing Bete Company

Laerdal Medical Corporation

WorldPoint

eLearning

Purchase and complete eLearning and blended learning courses

Go to OnlineAHA.org to register and complete online courses.

Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Skills Session Washington, DC $75

The AHA's Heartsaver CPR AED Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. This course is designed to prepare students to provide CPR and use an AED in a safe, timely, and effective manner.

Heartsaver CPR AED Online is the eLearning portion of the Heartsaver CPR AED blended learning course and is designed to teach students the cognitive information needed for CPR and AED training.

Upon successful completion of both portions of the course, students receive a Heartsaver CPR AED course completion card, valid for two years.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
Recognize when someone needs CPR
Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
Give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
Perform high-quality CPR for a child*
Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child*
Perform high-quality CPR for an infant*
Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
Demonstrate how to help a choking infant*

PALS Provider Course- Washington DC $300

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

The AHA’s PALS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. This classroom, Instructor-led course uses a series of videos and simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.

Features

•Classroom-based courses work well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning

•Course includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations

•Course is comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations

•Course uses a hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency

•Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Course Content

•High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR

•Recognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention

•Recognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application of CPR within 10 seconds

•Apply team dynamics

•Differentiation between respiratory distress and failure

•Early interventions for respiratory distress and failure

•Differentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock

•Early interventions for the treatment of shock

•Differentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias

•Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias

•Post–cardiac arrest management

AHA Approved Distributors

Visit one of our Distributors to purchase course materials.

Channing Bete Company

Laerdal Medical Corporation

WorldPoint

Purchase and complete eLearning and blended learning courses

Go to OnlineAHA.org to register and complete online courses.

PALS Provider Renewal- Washington DC $275

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

The AHA’s PALS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. This classroom, Instructor-led course uses a series of videos and simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.

Features

•Classroom-based courses work well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning

•Course includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations

•Course is comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations

•Course uses a hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency

•Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Course Content

•High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR

•Recognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention

•Recognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application of CPR within 10 seconds

•Apply team dynamics

•Differentiation between respiratory distress and failure

•Early interventions for respiratory distress and failure

•Differentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock

•Early interventions for the treatment of shock

•Differentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias

•Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias

•Post–cardiac arrest management

AHA Approved Distributors

Visit one of our Distributors to purchase course materials.

Channing Bete Company

Laerdal Medical Corporation

WorldPoint

Purchase and complete eLearning and blended learning courses

Go to OnlineAHA.org to register and complete online courses.

PALS Skills Session, Washington DC $125

AHA HeartCode PALS

The AHA’s HeartCode PALS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC.

This eLearning course is the self-directed online portion of HeartCode PALS blended learning, which is followed by a hands-on session for skills practice and testing.

HeartCode PALS is a comprehensive program that uses a series of videos and simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. Using eSimulation technology, students can assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings. In this environment, students also apply their knowledge to real-time decision-making and skills development. Debriefings and coaching are provided immediately after each simulation to facilitate learning.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

•Perform high-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR per AHA BLS recommendations

•Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention

•Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds

•Apply team dynamics

•Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure

•Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure

•Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock

•Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock

•Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias

•Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias

•Implement post–cardiac arrest management

Students who successfully complete the PALS Course online (including achieving a score of 84% or higher on the course exam) and the hands-on session will receive a PALS Provider course completion card (print or eCard), valid for two years.

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