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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Initial Cert
Date/Time: Fri 7/25/2025 at 9:00 AM
Location: 2000 N. Schnoor Ave #102 Madera CA 93637
Class Price: $185.00

ACLS Initial Certification

Madera Community Hospital (MCH) Employees-Please Call the Office to Register!!

Course Time

Classroom-based (instructor and video, with skills conducted throughout)

  • Initial Provider Course requires approximately 10 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing
*course time based on 1 instructor: 8 students: 1: manikin

Course Overview

ACLS builds on the foundation of lifesaving basic life support (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; and recognition of and intervention in cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

The ACLS course is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units -- such as physicians, nurses, and paramedics -- as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for job or other requirements.

Before taking the ACLS course, students must pass the online ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment with a score of 70% or higher. This test is part of the ACLS student Web site (access granted in confirmation email after registering).

Upon completion of the ACLS Provider Course, your students will 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 respiratory arrest
  • Perform early management of respiratory arrest
  • Discuss early recognition and management of acute coronary syndromes including appropriate disposition
  • Discuss early recognition and management of stroke, including appropriate disposition
  • Recognize bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
  • Perform early management of bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
  • Recognize cardiac arrest
  • Perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post–cardiac arrest care
  • 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
  • Model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team
  • Recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance
  • Discuss how the use of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical emergency team (MET) may improve patient outcomes
  • Define systems of care

For successful course completion, students must:

  • demonstrate skills competency in all learning stations
  • pass the high-quality BLS skills test
  • pass the bag-mask ventilation with OPA/NPA insertion skills test
  • pass the Megacode test
  • pass the ACLS exam with a score of 84% or higher.

Upon successful completion of all requirements, students receive an ACLS course completion card.

Course Length: ( continuing education course credits available)

Provider Course: Approximately 10 hours (Max 8 students)

Registration & Manuals:

All initial students MUST either pick up their book or have it shipped to them PRIOR to attending class. Reading through your provider manual is essential to your learning experience. Please call the office if you have any questions.

The AHA Now has E-Books available for purchase for ACLS, BLS & PALS! Follow this link to purchase and download the 2020 provider manual for your class. go to www.ebooks.heart.org Note: You must show your instructor you have the Ebook on our portable device (iPad, tablet, or smartphone)

 

(If purchasing a book please allow ample study time between your purchase and the date of class)

You are required to have the current textbook for this course. If you already own one or have access to one before, during, and after the class, you do not need to purchase one here. Please choose from the following optional items:

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Contact Us

Central Valley Medical
Learn to RESPOND TO A CODE! Not REACT!
 2000 N. Schnoor Ave
#102
Madera, CA 93637

phone (559) 765-0306

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If you purchase a book through our webpage and it has not been issued to you yet, Central Valley Medical will be happy to refund the amount or arrange a pickup.

No opened books may be returned or refunded. Books may not be issued during class and then returned. Books may not be shared—this is per American Heart Association guidelines. Each student must have their own current book to attend class.

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