[DARLENEDAVIS]

I though I remembered a link to the American Heart Association that permitted you to take their ACLS test online and print a certificate and then take the hands on at a facility and mail both to AHA and they in turn send your ACLS provider card to you?....can anyone send the direct link to register for the test as I have been unable to find it on the original American Heart Assoc. site?
Thanks for any help

[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

You might try this, but I think you study this online and then get tested in person. You might trying calling the AHA for clarification.

HeartCode® ACLS Anywhere®
Complete the 10 core cases and exam on your own computer, attend a skills check-off at an AHA Training Center or just enhance your skills by practicing and receive immediate feedback.

http://www.americanheart.org/present...tifier=3019205


HeartCode ACLS provides an alternative training solution for the busy professional. It’s the only e-Learning system where a successful outcome results in an AHA course completion card

http://www.americanheart.org/present...tifier=3018426

[efiebke]

Call be old-fashioned, but I think I'll stick to taking the "in person" ACLS re-cert classes.

Ted

[bobnurse]

You can do a portion of the class online. You then print out certificate and take that to a training site and they test you over the megacode. They will then give you your card.

Im against this training........

[begalli]

Originally Posted by bobnurse

Im against this training........

Even for a someone who's been coding people for 20+ years?

I renewed my BLS for Healthcare Providers this way. It was great.

[bobnurse]

Originally Posted by begalli

Even for a someone who's been coding people for 20+ years?

I renewed my BLS for Healthcare Providers this way. It was great.

Well you might be an exception, a minority, to this type of class. Im an instructor in ACLS and a nurse was saying to just give her a card cause she's takin acls for 12 years now.....She works stepdown, maybe 1 code a month, they usually transfer to ICU before they code.....Well she didnt know what color lidocaine or atropine or etc was........and she didnt know how to open the box correctly, you know when you open the wrong end, they drugs dont come out....

So i think although people like you and myself have no problems passing ACLS, the majority do. So we should suffer through a class to ensure the rest out there get the proper training. Also, take the ACLS-EP to give you more info....

Just my opinion.

[carvanaragon]

i agree. sometimes, the simple things are easily taken for granted.

[jwk]

Originally Posted by bobnurse

Well you might be an exception, a minority, to this type of class. Im an instructor in ACLS and a nurse was saying to just give her a card cause she's takin acls for 12 years now.....She works stepdown, maybe 1 code a month, they usually transfer to ICU before they code.....Well she didnt know what color lidocaine or atropine or etc was........and she didnt know how to open the box correctly, you know when you open the wrong end, they drugs dont come out....

So i think although people like you and myself have no problems passing ACLS, the majority do. So we should suffer through a class to ensure the rest out there get the proper training. Also, take the ACLS-EP to give you more info....

Just my opinion.

I think there are plenty who can benefit from the online courses. My group, anesthesia, comes to mind immediately. We deal with cardiorespiratory physiology and pharmacology constantly, and obviously have no trouble with airway management and EKG interpretation. It's literally part of our everyday routine. The main reason we do an ACLS update every two years is to keep up with changes in accepted protocols. We do it now with a self-review and testing with an instructor. This can just as easily be accomplished with an online or CD-ROM based program plus the skills check.

[MegaCoder]

ACLS in 2007 is NOT the ACLS of 2005

There are several ACLS courses online today. In spite of the fact that the complexity of previous ACLS guidelines may have contributed to the problem of poor courses, research in the early 1990s demonstrated that poor retention of skills did not originate with the learner or the program. The problem was with the instructor who talked too much, did not allow enough time for practice, and did not correct errors in performance.

Lecturing is an economic way to communicate information to large groups. However, absorbing large amounts of information through passive listening is difficult and does not translate to skill.

Research has established that multimedia (videotape Flash etc..) coaching self-instruction produces better performance in the field than instructor-led courses.

The FACT remains the only ACLS procedure linked to survival is Defibrillation and Compressions. If your looking for which end of the epi is up, chances are your patient has expired! the new ACLS is embracing HIGH QUALITY CPR and rapid defibrillation. ACLS is okay to be delivered online, its no longer the definitave treatment for VSA.

My two cents