Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

ACLS Flipped *Best Value for ACLS*

• Delivery: Blended Learning/Hybrid
• Duration of Online Simulation: 3-4 hours
• Duration of In-Person Session: 5 hours
• Price: $220 (includes the certification)
• Online Requirements: Completion of ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment (80% or above) and ACLS Precourse Work, and access to ACLS Student Manual (eBook or Hard Copy)

In the 2020 AHA Update, this new delivery method was released for the instruction of ACLS. It’s most similar to a “flipped-classroom approach” where the didactic portion is completed online before class and the in-person session is more focused on the instruction of skills, scenarios, and testing.

This course requires completion of the mandatory Precourse Self-Assessment AND completion of the mandatory Precourse Work (videos) before class. You can work at your own pace and the program saves your progress. There are knowledge checks embedded into the video material so we strongly encourage you to dedicate time to complete the video feed.

You must complete the Precourse Self-Assessment with >80% and the Precourse Work prior to the start of your course. A hard-copy of your completion certificate and precourse score will be collected upon your arrival to class. If both certificates are not in-hand, you cannot participate in class.

• ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment and Precourse Work: https://elearning.heart.org/course/424.
• Please note that the Precourse Self-Assessment states a minimum score of 70%. Due to the fast-paced nature of this course when we meet in-person, we prefer for students to come prepared and familiar with the curriculum, and therefore require 80% or higher. The purpose of this assignment is to refresh your cardiac knowledge and ensure competency prior to coming to class.

The course also requires you bring a 2020 ACLS Student Manual to participate. The Student Manual can be a hard-copy or an eBook and must be AHA—no summaries, or “AHA-approved” documents/PDFs. Student Manuals can be purchased from an authorized AHA vendor (links below) prior to class. Please do not wait until arrival to class to attempt to purchase your eBook. We do not sell hard-copy ACLS books in the classroom. We are also not permitted to library or loan students books per the AHA. If you do not have a book when you arrive to class, you cannot participate. This is an AHA rule, not just a requirement of our team.

• eBook (ShopCPR Product #20-3100, ISBN # 978-1-61669-797-6): https://shopcpr.heart.org/acls-provider-manual-ebook
• Hard-Copy Manual (ShopCPR Product #20-1106, ISBN # 978-1-61669-772-3): https://shopcpr.heart.org/acls-provider-manual

During the in-person Flipped session, we will review the curriculum from the video work, complete skills practice and testing, complete scenarios and megacodes, and complete the course exam. The minimum passing score for the final exam is an 84%. All AHA classes are open source, therefore you can use your Student Manual, class notes, and printed AHA algorithms. Each student has one opportunity to remediate the exam. Failure to successfully pass the exam will result in the need for the student to retake the course per the AHA. 

ACLS HeartCode

• Delivery: Blended Learning/Hybrid
• Duration of Online Simulation: 5-6 hours
• Duration of In-Person Skills Session: 3 hours
• Price: $160.00 (includes the skills session & certification)
• Online Requirements: Completion of HeartCode ACLS online course (includes ACLS Student Manual eBook)

This format of ACLS uses a blended learning approach similar to Flipped, but allows you to complete more of the coursework, including all video topics and the final exam, through an online course before attending the in-person session, where we will review the curriculum from the video work and complete skills practice and testing.

You must complete the HeartCode ACLS online prior to your in-person session. Bring a hard-copy of the Completion Certificate you receive after finishing the online course to your skills session, or email it to info@medultralearning.com. You can not participate in class without this certificate. 

• Heartcode ACLS Course (ShopCPR Product #20-3554 ISBN: 978-1-61669-787-7): https://shopcpr.heart.org/heartcode-acls

During the in-person HeartCode session, we will review the curriculum from the video work, complete skills practice and testing, and complete scenarios and megacodes.

* Combination BLS and ACLS classes are available for students who need to certify/recertify in both disciplines. The registration link for one of these joint classes is available under the “American Heart Association Same-Day Bundle Classes” category on our registration site. *