Brigade CPR LLC

Class Schedule

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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Original)

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.
Skills are taught in large-group sessions and small-group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.

MANDATORY PRECOURSE MATERIAL
The ACLS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This is a magnificent change; even those not yet up for renewal can update by watching the videos and gaining new information before Renewal or Initial class. Directions will be given in your registration email.


The ACLS course covers:

  • ACLS algorithms
  • Immediate post-cardiac-arrest care
  • Airway management
  • Rhythm recognition
  • High-quality CPR
  • 1-rescuer CPR AED
  • Effective resuscitation team dynamics
  • Science overview (update course)
  • BLS and ACLS surveys
  • ACS
  • Megacode treatment
  • Identification and initial care of other life-threatening clinical situations (such as stroke).

 

 

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Renewal)


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.
Skills are taught in large-group sessions and small-group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.

MANDATORY PRECOURSE MATERIAL
The ACLS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This is a magnificent change; even those not yet up for renewal can update by watching the videos and gaining new information before Renewal or Initial class. Directions will be given in your registration email.


The ACLS course covers:

  • ACLS algorithms
  • Immediate post-cardiac-arrest care
  • Airway management
  • Rhythm recognition
  • High-quality CPR
  • 1-rescuer CPR AED
  • Effective resuscitation team dynamics
  • Science overview (update course)
  • BLS and ACLS surveys
  • ACS
  • Megacode treatment
  • Identification and initial care of other life-threatening clinical situations (such as stroke).

 

ACLS/BLS Combination Course (Renewal) 

BLS Healthcare Provider Course

The BLS Healthcare Provider Course is designed to provide CPR classes to a wide variety of healthcare professionals giving them the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. The course is intended for certified or noncertified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals.

ACLS Course

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.
Skills are taught in large-group sessions and small-group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.

MANDATORY PRECOURSE MATERIAL
The ACLS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This is a magnificent change; even those not yet up for renewal can update by watching the videos and gaining new information before Renewal or Initial class. Directions will be given in your registration email.


The ACLS/BLS course covers:

  • ACLS algorithms
  • Immediate post-cardiac-arrest care
  • Airway management
  • Rhythm recognition
  • High-quality CPR
  • 1-rescuer CPR AED
  • Effective resuscitation team dynamics
  • Science overview (update course)
  • BLS and ACLS surveys
  • ACS
  • Megacode treatment
  • Identification and initial care of other life-threatening clinical situations (such as stroke).

 

 

Follow Information Below and Complete Precourse.

 

The PALS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This link will give you the full PALS COURSE COMPLETE AT YOUR OWN PACE

  1. Follow this link: https://elearning.heart.org/course/426
  2. Note: If you have not already logged in, the system will ask you to do so. If you have not visited the site before, you’ll be prompted to set up an account (It’s Free).
  3. Choose the PALS Precourse Self-Assessment and Precourse Work
  4. You must complete the PALS Precourse Assessment & the PALS Precourse Work.

 

The ACLS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This link will give you the full ACLS COURSE, COMPLETE AT YOUR OWN PACE

  1. Follow this link: https://elearning.heart.org/course/424
  2. Note: If you have not already logged in, the system will ask you to do so. If you have not visited the site before, you’ll be prompted to set up an account (It’s Free).
  3. Choose the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment and Precourse Work

 

ACLS Skills Test

Course participants who successfully complete Part 1 receive a certificate granting them entrance to a skills practice session (Part 2) and skills test (Part 3) with a certified American Heart Association ACLS instructor, which you must pass to qualify for an ACLS course card.  

ACLS Instructor Course Outline

All Advanced Cardic Life Support (ACLS) instructor courses hosted by Brigade CPR are taught by the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) standard. These courses are completed in three (3) phases, which is outlined below.

Phase One (1): Prerequisites/Online Session (BEFORE CLASS)

  • Register and pay for the ACLS Instructor Course.
  • Have a current AHA Provider course completion card in Advance Cardiac Life Support.
  • Complete the discipline-specific Instructor Essentials Online Course. To complete the AHA Essentials Online course register at  https://elearning.heart.org/

Phase Two (2): Hands-on Session(CLASSROOM SESSION)

  • Demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and all skills specific to the ACLS discipline.
  • Instructor candidate must pass the written exam with a grade of 84 percent or higher, and successfully demonstrate provider level skills prior to completing course. 
  • Successfully complete the remaining course requirements.

Phase Three (3): Monitoring

  • Successfully be monitored teaching your first course within six (6) months of completing the hands-on session of the ACLS Instructor Essentials Course. Training Center Coordinators may require additional monitoring.

 After successful completion of all three (3) phases and all paperwork is submitted to the training center, you will receive your instructor card which is valid for two (2) years

 

 

 

 

BLS Healthcare Provider Course

The BLS Healthcare Provider Course is designed to provide CPR classes to a wide variety of healthcare professionals giving them the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. The course is intended for certified or noncertified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals. 

The BLS course covers:

  • Adult and pediatric CPR
  • Two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag-valve mask
  • Foreign-body airway obstruction (conscious and unconscious)
  • Automated external defibrillation (includes child AED update)
  • Special resuscitation situations
  • Other cardiopulmonary emergencies
  • Stroke and cardiac arrest 

 

BLS Healthcare Provider Course

The BLS Healthcare Provider Course is designed to provide CPR classes to a wide variety of healthcare professionals giving them the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. The course is intended for certified or noncertified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals. 

The BLS course covers:

  • Adult and pediatric CPR
  • Two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag-valve mask
  • Foreign-body airway obstruction (conscious and unconscious)
  • Automated external defibrillation (includes child AED update)
  • Special resuscitation situations
  • Other cardiopulmonary emergencies
  • Stroke and cardiac arrest

 

BLS Healthcare Provider Skills TEST

Participants complete the HCP exam online. Those who successfully complete Part 1 receive a certificate, and can take a skills validation test with an AHA instructor (and earn a course completion card).

 

 

BLS Instructor Course Outline

All Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor courses hosted by Brigade CPR are taught by the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) standard. These courses are completed in three (3) phases, which is outlined below.

Phase One (1): Prerequisites/Online Session

  • Register and pay for the BLS Instructor Course.
  • Have a current AHA Provider course completion card in Basic Life Support.
  • Be proficient in all skills specific to Basic Life Support and Heartsaver.
  • Complete the discipline-specific Instructor Essentials Online Course. To complete the AHA Essentials Online course register at  https://elearning.heart.org/

Phase Two (2): Hands-on Session

  • Demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and all skills specific to the BLS discipline.
  • Instructor candidate must pass the written exam with a grade of 84 percent or higher, and successfully demonstrate provider level skills prior to completing course. 
  • Successfully complete the remaining course requirements.

Phase Three (3): Monitoring

  • Successfully be monitored teaching your first course within six (6) months of completing the hands-on session of the BLS Instructor Essentials Course. Training Center Coordinators may require additional monitoring.

 After successful completion of all three (3) phases and all paperwork is submitted to the training center, you will receive your instructor card which is valid for two (2) years

 

 

PALS Instructor Course Outline

All Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) instructor courses hosted by Brigade CPR are taught by the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) standard. These courses are completed in three (3) phases, which is outlined below.

Phase One (1): Prerequisites/Online Session

  • Register and pay for the PALS Instructor Course.
  • Have a current AHA Provider course completion card in Pediatric Advance Life Support.
  • Complete the discipline-specific Instructor Essentials Online Course. To complete the AHA Essentials Online course register at  https://elearning.heart.org/

Phase Two (2): Hands-on Session

  • Demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and all skills specific to the PALS discipline.
  • Instructor candidate must pass the written exam with a grade of 84 percent or higher, and successfully demonstrate provider level skills prior to completing course. 
  • Successfully complete the remaining course requirements.

Phase Three (3): Monitoring

  • Successfully be monitored teaching your first course within six (6) months of completing the hands-on session of the PALS Instructor Essentials Course. Training Center Coordinators may require additional monitoring.

 After successful completion of all three (3) phases and all paperwork is submitted to the training center, you will receive your instructor card which is valid for two (2) years

 

 

 

 

 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (Original) 

This instructor-led, classroom-based PALS course is an essential resource for training physicians, nurses, and emergency medical care providers in PALS. Also useful as a pre- and post-course reference book. Based on the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC.

MANDATORY PRECOURSE MATERIAL
The PALS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This is a magnificent change; even those not yet up for renewal can update by watching the videos and gaining new information before Renewal or Initial class. Directions will be given in your registration email.

The PALS course covers:
The classroom- and video-based, instructor-led PALS course uses a series of simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. Manual includes information on:

  • Pediatric emergencies
  • Concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment
  • BLS
  • PALS treatment algorithms
  • Effective resuscitation
  • Team dynamics.




 

 

 

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (Renewal) 

This instructor-led, classroom-based PALS course is an essential resource for training physicians, nurses, and emergency medical care providers in PALS. Also useful as a pre- and post-course reference book. Based on the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC.

MANDATORY PRECOURSE MATERIAL
The PALS course has changed for the better. You can now watch the classroom videos online. This is a magnificent change; even those not yet up for renewal can update by watching the videos and gaining new information before Renewal or Initial class. Directions will be given in your registration email.

The PALS course covers:
The classroom- and video-based, instructor-led PALS course uses a series of simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. Manual includes information on:

  • Pediatric emergencies
  • Concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment
  • BLS
  • PALS treatment algorithms
  • Effective resuscitation
  • Team dynamics.



PALS Provider Skills Test

Course participants who successfully complete Part 1 receive a certificate granting them entrance to a skills practice session (Part 2) and skills test (Part 3) with a certified American Heart Association PALS instructor, which you must pass to qualify for an PALS course card.

 

HEARTSAVER First Aid CPR/AED Course 


This course is intended for all individuals who have a duty to respond to a first aid or cardiac emergencies including: 

  • Security
  • Airline personnel
  • Camp counselors
  • Police, firefighters
  • Teachers
  • Day-care workers 
  • Physical-fitness trainers. 
  • This course can also be beneficial to any other individuals who want or need first-aid training.  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.

 

HEARTSAVER CPR/AED 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
  • Police, and firefighters. 
  • ​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.

 

HEARTSAVER PEDIATRIC CPR/AED & FIRST AID COURSE 

This course is intended for people who regularly come in contact with infants and children, including: child-care/day-care providers, parents and grandparents, nannies and babysitters, teachers and other educators, anyone else with the responsibility to care for children. The Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED course teaches child-care providers and others to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives.

 

 

N95 Fit Testing

A fit test is a test protocol conducted to verify that a respirator is both comfortable and correctly fits the user. Fit testing uses a test agent, either qualitatively detected by the wearer’s sense of taste, smell or involuntary cough (irritant smoke) or quantitatively measured by an instrument, to verify the respirator’s fit. See questions related to qualitative and quantitative fit testing for more specific information.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (29 CFR 1910.134) requires a respirator fit test to confirm the fit of any respirator that forms a tight seal on the wear’s face before it is to be used in the workplace. That same OSHA respirator standard also prohibits tight fitting respirators to be worn by workers who have facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face of the wearer.

A fit test only qualifies the user to put on (don) the specific brand/make/model of respirator with which an acceptable fit testing result was achieved. Users should only wear the specific brand, model, and size respirators that he or she wore during successful fit tests. [Note: respirator sizing is variable and not standardized across models or brands. For example, a medium in one model may not offer the same fit as a different manufacturer’s medium model.