All of our emergency training programs are offered in accordance with the rules and regulations set forth by the AHA. Certified American Heart Association Instructors conduct the following courses. They can be conducted at your facility and at the time that is most convenient for you. There are no prerequisites for taking these courses. Everyone is strongly encouraged to participate. The price of the courses includes all books and course-related materials. The number of participants in the courses is only limited by space availability.

• Heartsaver CPR
• Heartsaver CPR with AED
• Baby-Saver CPR
• BLS Health Care Provider Course
• ACLS Provider Course
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course -- PALS

Heartsaver CPR
Course length: 3 hours for adult skills only; six hours for adult, child and infant skills
Cost: $60 per person for the adult-only version. $75.00 for the adult, child and infant skills
Required number of students: 6
Course Description
The Heartsaver CPR Course is designed to teach CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO) to all lay rescuers. The course can be modified to accommodate the desires and specific needs of the client. The course includes diverse learning opportunities, including a videotaped presentation of the Chain of Survival and warning signs of cardiovascular emergencies; instructor-led discussion to reinforce the signs of a heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke and choking; skills demonstration and practice; instructor-led practice scenarios; and peer practice sessions.

Heartsaver CPR with AED
Course length: 4 hours
Cost: $75 per person
Required number of students: 6
Course Description
Early defibrillation saves lives. The primary obstacle for early defibrillation is getting the defibrillator and a trained operator to the victim within a few minutes. The Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) is a major step forward in emergency cardiac care because it can be used effectively by personnel with minimal training. The use of the AED expands the range of rescuers with the ability to make early defibrillation a reality.

The Heartsaver/AED course is designed to teach integrated CPR and AED use. The course teaches CPR, use of the AED, and relief of a foreign body airway obstruction. This course involves multiple learning activities including PowerPoint presentations, a videotaped overview of AED use, skill demonstration and practice and formal evaluation of knowledge and skills.

Baby-Saver CPR
Course length: 4 hours
Cost: $60 per person. Group discounts available.
Course Description
This four-hour program targets new parents and grandparents, but any and all individuals who are caring for children from birth to eight years of age are strongly encouraged to attend. This course is conducted by specialists in Pediatric Emergency Care and covers the following topics:

• Choking: how can we prevent it and what to do when it occurs
• How to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• What is SIDS?
• Child safety, accident prevention and childproofing your home and what to do in drowning situations.

BLS Healthcare Provider Course
Course Length: 4.5 hours
Written/Skills Exam: Required for course completion card
Cost: $90 per person
Required number of students: 6
Course Description The BLS Healthcare Provider Course teaches CPR skills for helping victims of all ages (including doing ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It's intended for participants who provide heath care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital.

Intended Audience
Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician's assistants, residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.

ACLS Provider Course
Course Length: 16 hours of instruction for the entry level course and eight hours for the recertification course
Written/Skills Exam: Required for course completion card
Cost: $300 per person
Required number of students: 6

Course Description
The ACLS Provider Course provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest. Providers are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: a respiratory emergency, four types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA and asystole), four types of prearrest emergencies (bradychardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia and acute coronary syndromes) and stroke.

Intended Audience
Personnel staffing emergency, intensive care or critical care departments; emergency medical providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course -- PALSPALS
Course Length: 16 hours of instruction for the entry level course and six hours for the recertification class
Written/Skills Exam: Required for course completion card
Cost: $300 per person
Required number of students: 6

Course Description
The goal of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course is to provide the learner with:

1. Information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest.
2. Information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children.
3. The cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest.

Intended Audience
Pediatricians, house staff, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other health care providers who are responsible for the well-being of infants and children.