Class Enrollment

Advanced Cardiac Life Support with BLS Renewal course (ACLS/BLS)
Date/Time:	Thu 3/5/2026 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location:	Center for Resuscitation Education & Community Engagement
Class Price:	$275.00

**Pre-Course Self-assessment Required**

Course Description

The ACLS update course is a renewal and update class for healthcare professionals who hold a current ACLS certification, updating their knowledge and skills according to the latest 2025 AHA Guidelines. The course covers the recognition and management of cardiac arrest, stroke, and other emergencies, reinforcing BLS skills and focusing on team dynamics, pharmacology, and airway management. 

What does this course teach?

• Systematic approach 
• High-quality BLS
• Airway management
• Rhythm recognition
• Defibrillation
• Intravenous (IV)/intraosseous (IO) access 
• Use of medications
• Cardioversion
• Transcutaneous pacing
• High-performance teams

ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiac arrest, stroke, or other cardiopulmonary emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, critical care/intensive care, and surgery such as Physicians, Nurses, and Paramedics, as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for a job or other requirement. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years.

Prerequisites

Providers who take the ACLS Course must be proficient in the following:

• Performing high-quality BLS skills according to the current American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC

• Reading and interpreting electrocardiograms (ECGs)

• Understanding ACLS pharmacology

• Providing bag-mask ventilation

BLS

Course Description

The course is for anyone attending ACLS for the first time or who does not have a current valid ACLS certification. The ACLS Blended Learning course is a combination of the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment and Video Prework with a 1-day Instructor-led classroom session that teaches the importance of preventing cardiac arrest, high-performance teams, early and continuous, high-quality CPR, systems of care, recognition, and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, post-cardiac arrest care, acute dysrhythmias, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

What does this course teach? 

• Systematic approach 
• High-quality BLS
• Airway management
• Rhythm recognition
• Defibrillation
• Intravenous (IV)/intraosseous (IO) access 
• Use of medications
• Cardioversion
• Transcutaneous pacing
• High-performance teams

ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiac arrest, stroke, or other cardiopulmonary emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, critical care/intensive care, and surgery such as Physicians, Nurses, and Paramedics, as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for a job or other requirement. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years.

Prerequisites

Providers who take the ACLS Course must be proficient in the following:

• Performing high-quality BLS skills according to the current American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC

• Reading and interpreting electrocardiograms (ECGs)

• Understanding ACLS pharmacology

• Providing bag-mask ventilation

BLS

Contact:

We look forward to welcoming you to the ACLS course. If you have any questions, please contact us:

📧 CPR@cooperhealth.edu
📞 Life Support Office: (856) 342-2009

If you do not receive a confirmation email within two business days after submitting your online registration, please reach out to the Resuscitation Education Office.