Program | Contact Hours |
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ACLS Certification | 8.0 hours |
ACLS Recertification | 4.0 hours |
BLS Certification | 4.0 hours |
BLS Recertification | 2.0 hours |
There are even states that have no CEU requirements whatsoever, although healthcare institutions across the country may have CEU requirements of their own. In case of California, the requirement for nurses is 20 contact hours. The number of CEU or CME contact hours awarded depends on the type of ACLS course.
The amount of continuing education (CE), also referred to as continuing medical education (CME), hours you can redeem upon successfully completing an online BLS course varies from provider to provider.
The AHA’s ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
The BLS Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on High-Quality CPR and team dynamics. The online portion of HeartCode BLS can be completed in approximately 1 to 2 hours.
Namely: ACLS certification course is approved for 8 CEU/CME contact hours; ACLS recertification course is approved for 4 CEU/CME contact hours.
4.0 credits4.0 credits/contact hours.
Basic CPR for healthcare professionals does not count for continuing education credit even if the provider issues certificates.
National Component: 20 Hours.
The amount of continuing education (CE), also referred to as continuing medical education (CME), hours you can redeem upon successfully completing an online BLS course varies from provider to provider.
At eMedCert, we lean more towards the streamlined end of the spectrum. We strive to create the most affordable and convenient online BLS courses available without sacrificing authenticity. Through our partnership with the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM), we offer ACCME-accredited continuing education with all of our courses. Additionally, we are an approved provider of continuing education per the California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN). Our courses are routinely audited to ensure both accuracy and compliance.
CME, on the other hand, stand for Continuing Medical Education and therefore solely applies to the field of healthcare and medical professionals.
CE stands for Continuing Education, whereas CEU stands for Continuing Education Unit. Continuing Education Units are units of credit defined as 10 contact hours. Each contact hour is 60 minutes long. These units are awarded to professionals for attending education and training programs designed to certify them or license them for practise in a particular area. CE represents the various activities based on which CEUs are awarded.
CEU requirements vary by state. There are even states that have no CEU requirements whatsoever, although healthcare institutions across the country may have CEU requirements of their own.
The annual CME requirement is therefore designed to protect the interests of the patients and the public, as well as to protect the good reputation and maintain a unique standard in the medical profession.
San Diego, home to the Civic Center, is also home to Advanced Healthcare Education, where nurses can learn without the stress! We always follow the current guidelines of AHA so as to give all course participants a worthwhile, in-depth learning experience. We go all out to provide high-quality instruction to Miami learners.
Your road to PALS certification in San Diego is easier than ever on account of the flexible schedule of PALS classes held by San Diego’s best instructors. As long as you have the necessary qualifications for PALS, nothing is stopping you from going for it.
In short, it does. For some fields, PALS is a CE (continuing education) requirement set by the state or a healthcare institution. Nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals typically decide to obtain their PALS certification or recertification either because it is their current or future job requirement.
The AHA’s ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
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.
ACLS for Experienced Providers (ACLS EP) – for EMS Students
If you attended a live ECC event or session for which Physician, Nursing, or EMS Continuing Education credits are available, you are strongly encouraged to claim your CME/CE credit within 30 days of the conference. To do so, follow the instructions below:
Search and make sure you don’t have any emails from [email protected]. If you did receive the email , click on the link inside the email body to claim your CME/CE. This link will take you to a form that must be filled out with all the requested information. Once submitted, you will be able to obtain your course completion and CE certificate.
Once logged in, on the upper right of your screen under your name, you will see “MY eLEARNING.”
A: The American Heart Association is not an accrediting agency. We are only authorized to offer the CE credits listed for the course. Please contact your accrediting body to see if they will accept/award CE credits for this or any other AHA course you complete successfully. The authority comes from accrediting bodies.
If your school or employer made the arrangements for the class, he or she should have the Training Center’s contact information.
The AHA offers continuing medical education (CME) or continuing education (CE) credits for some of its CPR and ECC courses, and CME/CE may also be offered for live events. Whether you have completed a CPR & First Aid training course in-person or online, or if you have attended an AHA event for which there are credits available, ...
Our online ACLS renewal courses, as well as our PALs and NRP recertification courses, are approved for 4 CEUs/CMEs (original certification courses are approved for 8 CEUs/CMEs). For more information, please visit our Accreditation page. The BLS recertification course is approved for 2 CEUs/CMEs. (The original BLS certification course is approved for 4 CEUs/CMEs.)
ACLS is an online, fully accredited provider for professional certifications required for individuals who work in the medical field. Our online BLS certifications are accepted nationally by many healthcare employers and facilities. In addition, tens of thousands of medical professionals have successfully earned their BLS and other emergency life support certifications through our courses and programs. Our online BLS courses are built upon the latest emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) guidelines as published by the American Heart Association (AHA) and determined in conjunction with the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). The ILCOR is responsible for the coordination of all aspects of cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation worldwide, including the latest peer-reviewed articles and expert consensus guidelines. In short, ACLS coordinates with and are recognized by many governing bodies and agencies, and we work hard to gain approval from employers across the country for your BLS requirements, but we cannot guarantee that each and every agency and institution will accept your BLS certification through us. Please check with your facility to confirm that online BLS certification will be accepted.
A Neonatal Resuscitation certification will help prepare you as a provider to care for and manage infants experiencing cardiopulmonary emergencies. In short, it will help you improve outcomes and save lives. A Neonatal Resuscitation certification can also help medical professionals expand their job opportunities and career growth.
Your ACLS certification is valid for two years. Every two years, you will need to get your ACLS recertification to remain actively certified. You can get your ACLS renewal online through one of our recertification courses.
Our BLS certification online course is approved for four CEU and CME credits. We estimate that your online BLS certification should take approximately four hours. We will take you through all your BLS certification requirements, from preparation and study to passing the exam and becoming certified. After you’ve completed the course and passed the test, you will be instantly certified to perform these skills. A digital, printable copy of your provider card will be available as soon as you pass the certification exam, unless you have elected to complete the skills evaluation. (Students who need to complete the skills evaluation will have access to their digital, printable card within one business day of when we receive and have verified the forms stating they successfully passed their clinical skills.) Your printed BLS certification card will be mailed to you within two to three business days of when your digital card is issued.
In addition, we’ll mail a printed provider card to you within 2 or 3 business days after you complete the course.
Our programs and courses are offered in an entirely online format simply because it’s easier and less expensive for you to certify from your own device at your own location. We offer ACLS for healthcare professionals in an online environment to save you the hassle of traveling to and attending in-person training, and we are able to keep your ACLS certification cost low by cutting out venue and live instructor fees.
Tests for courses that offer higher numbers of CRCE® may include more than 10 questions.
Some states do not directly address the American Heart Association courses in the continuing education requirements. Visit the AARC’s State Licensure Contacts page to locate your state board’s website. On that website, you will be able to locate the state board’s continuing education requirements. Conversely, you may also contact the state board directly. For states that do not provide a specific number of continuing education hours for the American Heart Association Courses, the course sponsor (hospital/company provider of the course) will need to make a CRCE® application for continuing education hours to the AARC.
The NBRC’s Continuing Competency Program requires that respiratory therapists who earned NBRC credentials after July 1, 2002, renew those credentials every 5 years . The respiratory therapist can renew his/her credential (s) by providing proof of at least 30 approved contact hours in that 5 year period; retake and pass the respective examination for the highest credentialed held; or pass an NBRC credentialing examination not previously completed. Approved contact hours for the NBRC Continuing Competency Program include CRCE® approved by the AARC and those accepted by state agencies regulating the respiratory care profession. Specific details about the NBRC Continuing Competency Program, as well as the composition of the CRCE® required, can be found at the NBRC website.
If you completed a course in AARC University, you may access your certificate of attendance/completion by going to the My Course Certificates page and logging in with your AARC username and password.
Traditional courses, also called “live courses,” are courses that require the learner and provider to interact in real time. They need not be in the same place, but they must be able to communicate either verbally or in writing with each other during the time the learning activity is occurring. Examples of traditional courses offered by the AARC include live webcasts and live conferences. Non-traditional courses, also called independent study courses, are conducted by the learner at his or her own pace. The instructor does not interact with the learner in real time. Examples of non-traditional courses include archived webcasts, text-based courses, and online courses that do not include real-time interaction with the content expert/instructor.
The NAECB allows for two methods of renewing the AE-C credential: either retest every 7 years or earn 35 continuing education hours of asthma-specific content every 5 years. You can find more detailed information about renewing your AE-C credential at the NAECB website.
Depending on the size of the course, submitting a CRCE® course roster can take some time. Please allow at least 30 days after the course/conference for posting of the credits on your transcript. If it is more than 30 days after the course/conference, please contact the course sponsor directly. For independent study (Non-Traditional) courses, please allow at least 60 days for the credit to be posted on your transcript.