ACLS Update/Renewal (401.3710.497)
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Date/Time:
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Wed 7/30/2025 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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Location:
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UT Health East Texas EMS, 352 South Glenwood, Tyler TX 75702
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Class Price:
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$100.00
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Notes:
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Note: This class will begin at 12:00 PM. A BLS Renewal is scheduled from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM. You may take the BLS Renewal if you want to combine it with the ACLS Renewal Course.
Attention: UT Health East Texas EMS Employees! Please make sure to check the Ninth Brain announcement to get the Promo Code required to waive the fee.
Parking is located on the corner of Front Street @ Glenwood, across the street from the EMS Administration building. If the gate is down, the code to get in the gate is 911*
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Course Description:
AHA’s ACLS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. This course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR.
This advanced course highlights the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition, and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
Course Content
- ACLS Renewal Course Agenda
- The online coursework is mandatory and must be completed prior to the course
- Please check the confirmation email for details.
- Contact Vicky.Lamay@uthet.com if you do not receive the confirmation email.
- Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
- A BLS Card is NOT part of this course.
- 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
- ACLS Study Materials
Book:
A paper book will be available for use in class only.
If you would like to purchase a paper book, go to the following website: https://shopcpr.heart.org/acls-provider-manual
Card:
An American Heart Association ACLS Provider Card will be available within 5-20 business days.
A letter stating the course has been successfully completed can be issued on the day of the course upon request.
Cost
- $150.00 for the card course
- $50.00 for 8 hours of EMS CE Credit Only
- Exempt from payment: UT Health East Texas EMS and Affiliated First Responders.
- Contact Vicky.Lamay@uthet.com for details
- UT Health East Texas EMS Employees can obtain the promo code via the Ninth Brain Announcement of Card Courses.
- Employers may choose to receive an invoice after the course
Disclaimer: 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.