Class Schedule

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Heart Saver CPR AED (Please Read Course Description)

PLEASE NOTE

For everyone’s safety our AHA courses are offered in a hybrid format.

 

The “classroom” modules will be assigned online and can be completed on your own schedule BEFORE you come in for your hands on skills assessment training. 

The in person skills assessment will be conducted one-on-one with an instructor in our training center.  You will be assigned a 30-minute appointment during the times listed on our registration page.  These are the hours that the instructor will be available. 

You will recieve an email with specific instructions on how to complete the online course along with assigned time slots for the skills assessment once you register for the course. 

The Heartsaver® CPR AED course is intended for all individuals who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements, including; security guards, airline personnel, personal trainers and teachers.

It is also appropriate for lay rescuers who may have a need to respond to an emergency in the workplace, and family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death.

-TWO YEAR CERTIFICATION

Employee's please pick up book at the Simulation Center office on 4W. Deposit Required (No cash only check or money order)

General public will be mailed a book to keep.

Note: The Heartsaver CPR / AED Course is not recommended for people in or entering the medical profession. 
Please see BLS for Healthcare Provider. 

Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider (Please Read Course Description)

PLEASE NOTE

For everyone’s safety our AHA courses are offered in a hybrid format.

The “classroom” modules will be assigned online and can be completed on your own schedule BEFORE you come in for your hands on skills assessment training. 

The in person skills assessment will be conducted one-on-one with an instructor in our training center.  You will be assigned a 30-minute appointment during the times listed on our registration page.  These are the hours that the instructor will be available. 

You will recieve an email with specific instructions on how to complete the online course along with assigned time slots for the skills assessment once you register for the course. 

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers course covers core material such as adult and pediatric CPR (including two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag mask), foreign-body airway obstruction and automated external defibrillation. This course is for healthcare providers such as EMS personnel, physician assistants, doctors, dentists, nurses, respiratory therapists, and lifeguards who must have a credential (card) documenting successful completion of a Healthcare Provider CPR course.

-TWO YEAR CERTIFICATION

HNMC employee's can borrow a book at the Simulation Center office on 4 West.  A payroll deduction form will be completed by all employees prior to borrowing a book. Once the Book is returned, the payroll deduction form will be discarded.  

Students who paid full price will be mailed a course manual to keep.

Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Renewal Course (Please Read Course Description)

PLEASE NOTE

For everyone’s safety our AHA courses are offered in a hybrid format.

The “classroom” modules will be assigned online and can be completed on your own schedule BEFORE you come in for your hands on skills assessment training. 

The in person skills assessment will be conducted one-on-one with an instructor in our training center.  You will be assigned a 30-minute appointment during the times listed on our registration page.  These are the hours that the instructor will be available. 

You will recieve an email with specific instructions on how to complete the online course along with assigned time slots for the skills assessment once you register for the course. 

 

The Basic Life Support - Renewal Course is for current BLS providers who need to renew their BLS skills and BLS Provider course completion card. This video-based, Instructor-led course features accelerated content that is designed for learners with existing BLS knowledge, allowing for time efficiency while teaching both single-rescuer and team BLS skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings. This course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. It includes adult, child, and infant rescue techniques. This course also teaches relief of choking. BLS teaches skills using the AHA’s research-proven Practice-While-Watching technique, which allows Instructors to observe the students, provide feedback and guide the students’ acquisition of skills.
 

  • Providers who intend to take the renewal course MUST PRESENT A VALID and CURRENT American Heart Association BLS card. The renewal program includes both written and skills evaluations. A course completion card will be issued upon successful completion of the course requirements.
  • Two Year Certification
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)- INITIAL (Please Read Course Description)

PLEASE NOTE

For everyone’s safety our AHA courses are offered in a hybrid format.

The “classroom” modules will be assigned online and can be completed on your own schedule BEFORE you come in for your hands on skills assessment training. 

The in person skills assessment will be conducted one-on-one with an instructor in our training center.  You will be assigned a 2-Hour time slot appointment during the times listed on our registration page.  These are the hours that the instructor will be available. 

You will recieve an email with specific instructions on how to complete the online course along with assigned time slots for the skills assessment once you register for the course. 

Prerequisite: A current BLS Health Care Provider CPR Card.

ACLS is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care. It also covers airway management and related pharmacology. In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented. ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. Upon successful course completion, including demonstration of skills competency in all learning stations and passing the CPR and AED skills test, bag-mask ventilation skills test, a Megacode test and a written test. 

- Students receive an ACLS course completion card, valid for two years.
The ACLS Course includes;

  • Key changes in advanced cardiovascular life support, reflecting the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
  • 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 acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke
  • Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team
  • Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics


HNMC employee's can borrow a book at the Simulation Center office on 4 West.  A payroll deduction form will be completed by all employees prior to borrowing a book. Once the Book is returned, the payroll deduction form will be discarded.  

Pre-Course Requirements

Complete the Pre-Course Self Assessment, print your scores and bring them with you to class.  

The ACLS course does not teach algorithms, ECG rhythm recognition, or pharmacology.  If you do not learn and understand the ECG and pharmacology information in the Pre-course Self-Assessment, it is unlikely that you can successfuly complete the ACLS provider course.   

Please note that you will not be taught how to read or interpret ECGs in the course, nor will you be taught deatails about ACLS pharmacology.   

 

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)- RENEWAL (Please Read Course Description)

PLEASE NOTE

For everyone’s safety our AHA courses are offered in a hybrid format.

The “classroom” modules will be assigned online and can be completed on your own schedule BEFORE you come in for your hands on skills assessment training. 

The in person skills assessment will be conducted one-on-one with an instructor in our training center.  You will be assigned a 2-Hour time slot appointment during the times listed on our registration page.  These are the hours that the instructor will be available. 

You will recieve an email with specific instructions on how to complete the online course along with assigned time slots for the skills assessment once you register for the course. 

Course Prerequisites:

  • Current Healthcare Provider CPR Card 
  • Current and valid ACLS Card

The ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers skills; emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. This advanced course highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care, and immediate post-cardiac arrest care. ACLS also covers airway management and related pharmacology.

The ACLS Renewal course covers:

The ACLS Renewal course is a shorten version of the ACLS Initial course. You may register for the renewal course only if your card is still valid.  In order to prove the card is valid, you must show up to the class with the original AHA ACLS card that is not expired.  We will only honor the expiration date on the card until the end of the month it is set to expire on.

The ACLS Course includes;

  • Key changes in advanced cardiovascular life support, reflecting the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
  • 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 acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke
  • Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team
  • Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics

HNMC employee's can borrow a book at the Simulation Center office on 4 West.  A payroll deduction form will be completed by all employees prior to borrowing a book. Once the Book is returned, the payroll deduction form will be discarded.  

Pre-Course Information

Complete the Pre-Course Self Assessment, print your scores and bring them with you to class.

The ACLS course does not teach algorithms, ECG rhythm recognition, or pharmacology. If you do not learn and understand the ECG and pharmacology information in the Pre-course Self-Assessment, it is unlikely that you can successfuly complete the ACLS provider course.

Please note that you will not be taught how to read or interpret ECGs in the course, nor will you be taught deatails about ACLS pharmacology.

 

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)- INITIAL (Please Read Course Description)

PLEASE NOTE

For everyone’s safety our AHA courses are offered in a hybrid format.

The “classroom” modules will be assigned online and can be completed on your own schedule BEFORE you come in for your hands on skills assessment training. 

The in person skills assessment will be conducted one-on-one with an instructor in our training center.  You will be assigned a 2-Hour time slot appointment during the times listed on our registration page.  These are the hours that the instructor will be available. 

You will recieve an email with specific instructions on how to complete the online course along with assigned time slots for the skills assessment once you register for the course. 

The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. These include personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirements.

- Students who successfully complete all components of the PALS Course, will receive a PALS Provider course completion card, valid for two years:
The PALS Course includes;

  • Key changes in pediatric advanced life support, reflecting the new science from the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
  • 1 and 2 rescuer child CPR and AED use
  • 1 and 2 rescuer infant CPR
  • Management of respiratory emergencies
  • Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy
  • Vascular access
  • Resuscitation team concept
  • Cardiac, respiratory and shock case discussions and simulations
  • Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessment


HNMC employee's can borrow a book at the Simulation Center office on 4 West.  A payroll deduction form will be completed by all employees prior to borrowing a book. Once the Book is returned, the payroll deduction form will be discarded.  

 

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)- RENEWAL (Please Read Course Description)

PLEASE NOTE

For everyone’s safety our AHA courses are offered in a hybrid format.

The “classroom” modules will be assigned online and can be completed on your own schedule BEFORE you come in for your hands on skills assessment training. 

The in person skills assessment will be conducted one-on-one with an instructor in our training center.  You will be assigned a 2-Hour time slot appointment during the times listed on our registration page.  These are the hours that the instructor will be available. 

You will recieve an email with specific instructions on how to complete the online course along with assigned time slots for the skills assessment once you register for the course. 

The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. These include personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirements. 

Course Prerequisites:

  • Current and valid BLS Healthcare Provider CPR Card 
  • Current and valid PALS Provider Card 

- Students who successfully complete all components of the PALS Course, will receive a PALS Provider course completion card, valid for two years: The PALS Course includes;

  • Key changes in pediatric advanced life support, reflecting the new science from the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
  • 1 and 2 rescuer child CPR and AED use
  • 1 and 2 rescuer infant CPR
  • Management of respiratory emergencies
  • Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy
  • Vascular access
  • Resuscitation team concept
  • Cardiac, respiratory and shock case discussions and simulations
  • Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessment

HNMC employee's can borrow a book at the Simulation Center office on 4 West.  A payroll deduction form will be completed by all employees prior to borrowing a book. Once the Book is returned, the payroll deduction form will be discarded.  

 

SKILLS and SKILLS TESTING-Heart Saver CPR/AED

Please continue with the registration for the skills portion of the Heartsaver CPR AED Heart Code.  Once registration and payment are completed, please call the Holy Name Community Training Center at (201) 227-6254 to schedule your skills and testing evaluation.       

 

SKILLS and SKILLS TESTING-BLS Heart Code

Please continue with the registration for the skills portion of the BLS Heart Code.  Once registration and payment are completed, please call the Holy Name Community Training Center at (201) 227-6254 to schedule your skills and testing evaluation.    

SKILLS and SKILLS TESTING-ACLS Heart Code

Please continue with the registration for the skills portion of the ACLS Heart Code.  Once registration and payment are completed, please call the Holy Name Community Training Center at (201) 227-6254 to schedule your skills and testing evaluation.    

SKILLS and SKILLS TESTING-PALS Heart Code

Please continue with the registration for the skills portion of the BLS Heart Code.  Once registration and payment are completed, please call the Holy Name Community Training Center at (201) 227-6254 to schedule your skills and testing evaluation.  

Advanced Medical Life Support

About the Course:

Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) remains the gold standard of education for emergency medical assessment and treatment. Endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians, AMLS emphasizes the use of the AMLS Assessment Pathway, a systematic tool for assessing and managing common medical conditions with urgent accuracy.

In the third edition of AMLS, students learn to recognize and manage common medical crises through realistic case-based scenarios that challenge students to apply their knowledge to highly critical patients.  The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, first impression, history, interactive group discussion on differential diagnosis and potential treatment strategies, and physical exam to systematically rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients’ medical crises. The third edition AMLS library of patient simulations offers students an opportunity to apply critical thinking skills to a variety of patient presentations. Additional features include patient simulation monitor images and ECGs to enhance students’ experience.

The course utilizes the AMLS textbook and course manual, and covers the following topics:

  • Respiratory disorders
  • Cardiovascular disorders
  • Shock
  • Sepsis
  • Neurological disorders
  • Endocrine/Metabolic disorders
  • Environmental emergencies
  • Infectious disease
  • Abdominal disorders
  • Toxicological emergencies
  • Exposure to hazardous materials

AMLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists, and physicians. AMLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.

Pricing Options:

  • Volunteer EMTs: $20 Card fee & $40.00 Online Module fee (letter of affiliation from agency leadership required - bring to class)
  • Career EMT or Paramedics: $100 Registration Fee & $40 Online Modules fee
  • HNMC Employees: $40 Online Modules fee, $25 Department charge - Director/Manager approval required

 

 

 

Advanced Stroke Life Support

About the Course:

A hands-on, 8 hour simulation based provider course on the management of the acute stroke patients that includes the MEND exam, an easy-to-learn and easy-to use tool that enhances communication among EMS personnel, nurses, and physicians.  The ASLS curriculum is utilized by EMS agencies and hospitals across the United States.

Advanced Stroke Life Support is a practical, hands-on, 8-hour course that:                                                                                                                                                                                     

    • Was developed by experts in stroke, emergency medicine, prehospital care, and nursing education
    • Is updated and improved continuously
    • Has been used to train thousands of EMS personnel, nurses, and physicians from hundreds of institutions across the U.S and throughout the world
    • Provides a unique neurologic assessment tool-the MEND exam-ideal for both prehospital and hospital use

Major Learning Goals:

    • Describe why early treatment may result in a marked reduction in risk of disability
    • Identify the five man stroke syndromes and relate them to pathophysiology and clinical signs
    • Perform focused evaluation to identify stroke, its location and severity, and t-PA contraindications

ASLS is a 2 year certification course that enhances EMS and Hospital Providers ability to care for stroke patients.

 

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