Class Schedule

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Refresher

The American Heart Association's (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) refresher course is intended for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies and for personnel in emergency response and need to complete a refresher course to renew their ACLS provider card.

The ACLS course teaches:

Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
Airway management
Related pharmacology
Management of ACS and stroke
Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team

After successful completion of this course, you will receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years. Your card will be promptly sent to you via your provided email address (usually the same day as your course!).

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Skills Session

This course is for those that have completed the American Heart Association's (AHA) online ACLS Heartcode course and need to complete a skills session to complete the certification/recertification process. The completion of the ACLS Heartcode course is required to be completed before the skills session.

The AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) refresher course is intended for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies.

The ACLS course teaches:

Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
Airway management
Related pharmacology
Management of ACS and stroke
Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team

After successful completion of this course, you will receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years. Your card will be promptly sent to you via your provided email address (usually the same day as your course!).

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.

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Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Refresher

This course is a refresher course and is designed for those that have a valid AHA BLS card and need to complete a refresher course to renew.

This American Heart Association’s (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

The BLS for Healthcare Providers class provides information on adult, pediatric and infant CPR, including two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag-valve mask. The class also covers automated external defibrillation for adults and children, foreign-body airway obstruction (conscious and unconscious), special resuscitation situations, and other cardiopulmonary emergencies.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years. Cards will be sent to you via your provided email address (usually before the end of the day of your class!).

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Skills Session

This course is for those that have completed the American Heart Association's (AHA) online BLS Heartcode course and need to complete a skills session to complete the certification/recertification process. The completion of the BLS Heartcode course is required to be completed before the skills session.

The AHA’s Basic Life Support Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

The Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers class provides information on adult, pediatric and infant CPR, including two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag-valve mask. The class also covers automated external defibrillation for adults and children, foreign-body airway obstruction (conscious and unconscious), special resuscitation situations, and other cardiopulmonary emergencies.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years. Cards will be sent to you via your provided email address (usually before the end of the day of your class!).

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.

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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Skills Session

This course is for those that have completed the American Heart Association's (AHA) online PALS Heartcode course and need to complete a skills session to complete the certification/recertification process. The completion of the PALS Heartcode course is required to be completed before the skills session.

The AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) provider course is designed for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.

The PALS Provider Course aims to improve outcomes for pediatric patients by preparing healthcare providers to effectively recognize and intervene in patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high‐performance team dynamics and high‐quality individual skills. The course includes a series of case scenario practices with simulations that reinforce important concepts.

After successfully completing this course, students will be able to

Perform high‐quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per American Heart Association (AHA) basic life support (BLS) recommendations
Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds
Apply team dynamics
Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure
Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
Implement post–cardiac arrest management

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a course completion card that will be valid for 2 years. Your card will be sent to you via your provided email address (usually the same day you complete the course!).

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.

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OCEMS CTP

The Okaloosa County EMS CTP course is designed for our employees' continuing education. This course is reserved for ONLY Okaloosa County EMS employees or those approved by the OCEMS Chief.

Remember, this training is required for all staff. You just need to attend one class per month. Also, full time staff must attend on their "short" 36 hour week. Relief staff can attend any one of the trainings as long as it does not put them over 40 hours worked in the week.

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