***ACLS HEARTCODE is for Physicians and APP's***
PLEASE READ COMPLETELY AS THE PROCESS HAS CHANGED
The ACLS heartcode will be completed by successfully completing the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment course and ACLS online exam.
The ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment: is an online tool that evaluates a student’s knowledge before the course to evaluate their proficiency and determine the need for additional review and practice in 3 sections: rhythm recognition, pharmacology, and practical application. The student must complete the Precourse Self-Assessment and achieve a score of at least 70% before taking the ACLS Course. The student must print their successful completion certificate and bring it with them to class. The ACLS Precourse Work involves a student reviewing course content through online videos before entering the classroom. The video lessons cover multiple medical subjects and each lesson includes questions to engage the student. This precourse work allows more classroom time for hands-on skills training and leads to the student being better prepared to participate as soon as they enter the classroom.
ACLS online exam: The Exam measures the mastery of cognitive knowledge gained from the ACLS Course
If you work in the SDU please click that you also need a BLS heartcode. You will then be sent a BLS hreartcode to complete. Please also bring the BLS heartcode completion certificate.
You will not be sent an online AHA heartcode as in the past.
PLEASE COMPLETE PRE-COURSE WORK
Pre-course work:
We have enclosed information on how to access a copy of the ACLS Provider Manual via ebook. Use the following steps to access the Student Resources:
- Visit elearning.heart.org/courses
- Find the course name (ACLS Pre-course Self-Assessment and Pre-course Work).
- Once you find your course, select Launch Course to begin.
Note: If you haven't already logged in, the system will ask you to do so. If you haven't visited the site before, you'll be prompted to set up an account.
How to Get Ready
The ACLS Course is designed to teach you the lifesaving skills required to be both a team member and a Team Leader in either an in-hospital or out-of-hospital setting. Because the ACLS Course covers extensive material in a short time, you will need to prepare for the course beforehand.
Precourse Requirements
You should prepare for class by doing the following:
- Review and understand the information in your ACLS Provider Manual.
- Review, understand, and pass the mandatory precourse self-assessment.
- Review, understand, and complete the mandatory precourse work (video lessons). You must pass the precourse self-assessment before gaining access to the video lessons. Once you have passed the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment and completed the video lessons, print your certificate, and bring it with you to class.
- Ensure that your BLS skills and knowledge are current for the resuscitation scenarios. You will be tested on adult high-quality BLS skills using a feedback manikin at the beginning of the ACLS Course. You must know this in advance because you will not be taught how to do CPR or use an AED. Bring your ACLS Provider Manual to each class. You will need it during each lesson in the course. You may wish to purchase the AHA’s Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for Healthcare Providers (optional), which you may bring to class to use as a reference guide during some of the stations in the course.
- Please wear loose, comfortable clothing to class. You will be practicing skills that require you to work on your hands and knees, and the course requires bending, standing, and lifting. If you have any physical condition that might prevent you from engaging in these activities, please tell an instructor. The instructor may be able to adjust the equipment if you have back, knee, or hip problems.
- Review and understand Adult BLS guidelines. The resuscitation scenarios require that your BLS skills and knowledge be current.
- Please review cardiac EKG rhythms and ACLS algorithms.
- Supplemental knowledge: Review the ACLS Provider Manual.
Students who successfully complete the ACLS Course online (including achieving a score of 84% or higher on the course exam) and the hands-on session will receive a ACLS Provider course completion card (print or eCard), valid for two years.
Certification details:
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
We look forward to having you in this this ACLS Course.
Please contact Mike Riley (ACLS Course Director) rileyms@chop.edu for more information.
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