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You need to keep both updated. If you do not have a current BLS certification (within the past two years) you will not be allowed to sit for ACLS again. BLS is a small part of ACLS. ACLS only reviews the BLS steps because you are already certified. The actual BLS course goes very in depth into the techniques of compressions and ventilation. They are two different courses and you have to maintain both.
k1p1ssk, BSN, RN
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Hi,
Last spring I became ACLS certified and it expires next spring (2013). My BLS expires at the end of this month. Do I need to recert in BLS or does simply having ACLS cover BLS since it is expected that you know BLS when you take ACLS? I'm mainly asking because I don't have a job and would love to save a couple hundred bucks and avoid BLS recertificiation if I can until I am involved with an organization that provides free or cheap recertification.Thanks!