Advanced Cardiac Life Support Courses

The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest. The ACLS Instructor Course is for those persons who wish to teach the American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

ACLS Provider Course

The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest.

Upon taking this course, providers are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: a respiratory emergency, 4 types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA, and asystole), 4 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 have a need to respond to a cardiovascular emergency.

Requirements: BLS is strongly recommended and participants must be able to recognize basic dysrhythmias.

ACLS Instructor Course

The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor Course is for those persons who already hold an ACLS provider card and wish to teach the American Heart Association ACLS course. Upon successful completion of the course and the succeeding student teaching requirements, the Instructor Candidate will obtain an American Heart Association ACLS instructor card.

Course admission will be determined by the Program Director. Class size is limited.

Intended Audience: Those currently certified as ACLS providers who would like to become ACLS class instructors.

Requirements: Participants must have a current AHA ACLS Provider card prior to attending the Instructor Course.

Schedule and Registration

Schedule information, registration forms, and common questions for both courses are available here:

• 2023 Course Schedule (PDF)
• Registration form (PDF)
• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)