Our Outreach programs provide formal medical, health and safety education to both clinicians and the general public. Our courses incorporate adult-friendly education principles, giving extensive hands-on experience through skill stations and case based simulation relevant to the participant's needs. The latest evidence-based guidelines will be emphasized where applicable.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team management of a cardiac arrest, team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care. Specific skills in airway management and related pharmacology are also featured. Skills are taught through discussion and group learning, while testing stations offer case-based scenarios using simulators.
ACLS is designed for health-care 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.
The prerequisite for ACLS Provider is a current HSF BLS for Healthcare Provider (C) card.
The prerequisite for ACLS Renewal is a current HSF BLS for Healthcare Provider (C) card and a current ACLS Card. (HSF does not allow a grace period for expired providers)
Skills are taught in large group sessions, as well as in small-group learning-and-testing stations, where case-based scenarios are presented.
Approximate course length: 12 hours (2 days)
Approximate course length for renewal course: 5 to 6.5 hours (1 day)
Only active healthcare providers whose training and scope of practice include a knowledge base encompassing the foundation of ACLS knowledge and skill may enroll in the ACLS course. Students must pass a written exam and skills test in order to qualify for an ACLS Course Completion Card.
Provider: $425.00 (includes books)
ACLS Provider Fee includes the 2010 Provider Manual and Emergency Cardiac Care Handbook. Both will be mailed upon receipt of course fees.
Renewal: $300.00 (does not include books)
2010 Provider Manual and Emergency Cardiac Care Handbook available for an additional $50.00 fee.
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The Heartsaver Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) course contains up-to-date content and science from the 2010 Guidelines for CPR and ECC. It is designed to teach lay rescuers the lifesaving skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and relief of choking in adults, children and infants, as well as how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) with both adults and children. (Training in infant and child CPR and choking relief are optional.) The course is designed for those who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements.
This course is intended for the general public.
Heartsaver CPR & AED Content
Approximate Course Length: 4 Hours
To receive a Heartsaver CPR & AED course completion card, students must pass a skills test.
To receive a Heartsaver CPR & AED (C) course completion card, a written exam must be administered in addition to the skills test.
Fee: $60 manual included
Available Course Dates
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The Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (HCP) (C) is a classroom course that is designed to teach a variety of healthcare professionals how to recognize a number of life-threatening emergencies, how to provide CPR, how to use an AED and how to relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.
This course is for healthcare professionals who must know how to perform CPR, as well as other lifesaving skills, in a range of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.
Approximate Course Length: 4.5 hours
Approximate course length for renewal course: 4 hours
Students must pass a written exam and skills test in order to qualify for a BLS for Healthcare Provider (C) course completion card.
Fee: $75 manual included
Renewal Fee: $60 manual NOT included
Available Course Dates
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The Standard First Aid CPR and AED Level C course contains up-to-date content and science from the 2010 Guidelines for First Aid, CPR and ECC. In this course, you will learn the essential skills of patient care to protect and support the life of a suddenly ill or injured person until emergency medical services arrive. Instruction will cover first aid skills such as those that help in the control of bleeding, shock management, stabilizing fractures and dislocations.
This course is intended for the general public.
Approximate Course Length:16 Hours
Approximate course length for renewal course: 8 hours
Certification Length: 3 years
*Annual CPR Renewal is recommended as the CPR certification is registered with HSF for 1 year.
Fee: To be determined
Available Course Dates
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The Standard First Aid BLS for Healthcare Provider course encompasses the full content of the Standard First Aid course and the additional course content of the HSF Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider program. The addition of the BLS for Healthcare provider class is designed to teach a variety of healthcare professionals how to recognize a number of life-threatening emergencies, how to provide CPR, how to use an AED and how to relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.
This course is for healthcare professionals who must know how to perform First Aid and CPR, in a range of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.
Approximate Course Length: 18 hours
Approximate course length for renewal course: 10 hours
Certification Length: 3 years
Students must pass a written exam and skills test in order to qualify for a BLS for Healthcare Provider course completion card.
*Annual (Re-) Certification is required to maintain active BLS for Healthcare Provider (C) status as this certification is registered with HSF for 1 year.
Fee: To be determined
Available Course Dates
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*Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) Standard First Aid Renewal Course
Being introduced in April 2017. Individuals are only able to take a renewal class once every alternating renewal year. Providers must complete the renewal class prior to the expiration of their current HSF provider level Standard First Aid certification. Individuals, who hold a current HSF renewal Standard First Aid certification, are required to take a full HSF Standard First Aid provider course.
The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider course enables healthcare professionals to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to better recognize and treat critically ill infants and children. The course materials are scenario-based, and a team approach is used to teach emergency management of pediatric patients approaching or already in respiratory or cardiac arrest, from the early minutes through patient stabilization and/or the transport phases of a pediatric emergency, in or out of the hospital.
The PALS course is designed for healthcare professionals who initiate and direct advanced life support in pediatric emergencies and for healthcare students seeking first-time or renewed PALS-training credentials.
The prerequisite for PALS Provider is a current HSF BLS for Healthcare Provider (C) card.
The prerequisite for PALS Renewal is a current HSF BLS for Healthcare Provider (C) card and a current PALS Card.
(HSF does not allow a grace period for expired providers)
Skills are taught in large group sessions, as well as in small-group learning-and-testing stations, where case-based scenarios are presented.
Approximate course length: 14 hours (2 days)
Approximate course length for renewal course: 6 - 7 hours (1 day)
Students must pass a written exam and skills test in order to qualify for an PALS Course Completion Card.
Fee:
Provider: $425.00 (includes books)
PALS Provider Fee includes the most current Provider Manual and Emergency Cardiac Care Handbook. Both will be shipped by courier upon receipt of course fees.
Renewal: $300.00 (does not include books)
PALS Provider Manual and Emergency Cardiac Care Handbook available for an additional $75.00 fee plus shipping.
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