CPR Renewal
Online Training
New NRP Class
Online CPR Certification Classes
February 6, 2009
Online CPR Certification Don’t have time to take a BLS renewal or Initial class? Register for the American Heart Association’s online course! Complete the Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers class at your own pace, in the privacy of your own home. When you pass the online examination, bring your certificate to any American Heart Approved Skills Test (find one close to you). There you will demonstrate competence in BLS skills and receive your 2-year American Heart Association provider card.
Most Healthcare professionals are required to have a current CPR credential, and the American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare provider card is the gold standard. The BLS Healthcare Provider Course is designed to provide healthcare professionals the ability to recognize life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. The course is designed for certified, noncertified, licensed and nonlicensed healthcare professionals.
Intended Audience
Healthcare providers such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician’s assistants, residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.
Here are some of the major changes in 2005 guidelines:
- Increased compression to ventilation rate for adult victims from 15:2 to 30:2. The goal for the compression rate for any age victim is now 100 compressions per minute.
- location of hands for compressions in now the inter-mammary line.
- Discontinue use of blind finger sweeps.
- For Children and Infant’s, 5 cycles of CPR must be completed prior to calling 911
Steps to complete the CPR Course Online:
- Register and pay for the Online BLS Part 1 Course ($30)
- Receive via email an online key within 24 hours of registration.
- Complete the Online BLS Part 1 Course through the American Heart’s website
- Attend a skills test at a location close to you (find one close to you)
- Receive your certification card for the skills testing location.
The course fee for the online CPR class is $30.
Register now for the Online BLS Course! $30
Do you live in South Florida? Register for the Online Renewal Package which includes the Online class and skills evaluation for $50.
Register now fo the Online BLS Course with Skills Assessment! $50
Don’t forget about our Online Nursing CEU Classes and mandatory requirements.
BLS Renewal Class in North Miami – Miami Gardens
December 22, 2008
Course Overview
This CPR course is conducted in affiliation with the American Heart Association, which has updated the guidelines for performance of Basic Life Support. This is the course required by healthcare facilities in order to maintain employment. It is designed for healthcare providers that have taken CPR before and have a current Healthcare Provider card. Our 1 to 1 manikin to student ratio increases the amount of time spent on actual skills resulting in enhanced retention. Upon successful completion a 2-year American Heart Association card will be issued along with a certificate for 3 contact hours.
Course Prerequisite:
A current AHA BLS for Healthcare Provider Card. Pre registration is not required for this program. Just call before class and let us know you are coming and we will save you a seat.
The course fee is $45 for 3 contact hours and includes the AHA textbook from Nursing Unlimited’s Library
Don’t Forget About HIV/AIDS Update, Domestic Violence Mandatory Requirement, and Prevention Of Medical Errors Mandatory Requirement.
| Miami Gardens
Nursing Unlimited Headquarters Every Monday and 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month |
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers – Renewal Course
July 10, 2008
Course Overview
This 3 hour Basic Life Support Renewal Course focuses on healthcare providers who respond to cardiovascular and respiratory emergencies. The material covered includes the information and skills needed for adult, child, and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the information needed to treat cardiac arrest with an automated external defibrillator (AED), the recognition and treatment of choking, and safety factors in training and actual rescue.
Target Audience
The participants in this renewal class are healthcare providers
Prerequisites
Before enrolling in this class the adult learner is required to conduct a self-assessment. The following are the requirements for entry into the course:
- You have had a previous professional CPR class for healthcare providers
- You are proficient in the basic techniques and progression of the CPR sequence for adults, children, and infants
- You are proficient in the relief of choking for adults, children, and infants and the proper use of an AED
- Healthcare providers who do not meet the prerequisites should enroll in the 5 hour BLS for Health Care Provider Initial Provider Class
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
Cognitive Skills:
- Describe the steps of CPR (when to give breaths [including barrier devices], when to check for pulse, how to perform compressions at the proper depth and rate with complete chest recoil, and when to use an AED)
- Describe the signs and actions for severe airway obstruction in the responsive and unresponsive victim
- Describe the links in the chain of survival, including the importance of (activating the appropriate emergency response system, performing CPR, providing early defibrillation, and ensuring that arrival of early advanced care by activating the appropriate emergency response system)
- Describe the signs of 4 common life-threatening emergencies in adults (cardiac arrest, choking, stroke, heart attack)
Active skills:
- Activate the emergency response system
- Give breaths for adult, child, and infant victims using:
- Mouth-to-mouth ventilation
- Bag-mask ventilation
- Giving compressions for adult, child and infant victims
- Performing 1 and 2-rescuer CPR for adult, child, and infant victims
- Using and AED for victims 1 yr of age or older
- Relieving choking in the responsive and unresponsive victim of any age
The course fee is $45 for 2.5 contact hours. Please bring your copy of the AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers Student Manual. If you do not have a copy you may purchase one from us at a cost of $12.00.
Don’t Forget About HIV/AIDS Update, Domestic Violence Mandatory Requirement, and Prevention Of Medical Errors Mandatory Requirement.
| Miami Gardens
Nursing Unlimited Headquarters Every Monday and 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month |
Kendall
Kendall Regional Medical Center 1st Friday of every month 3rd Friday of every month |
| South Miami Gramercy Park Nursing Center 17475 South Dixie Hwy. Miami, FL 2nd & 4th Saturday of every month 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month |
West Broward Plantation General Hospital Medical Office Building II 4101 N.W. 3rd Court, Suite #7 Plantation, FL 2nd & 4th Tuesday of every month Plantation General Hospital 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month |
| North Broward
Keiser University 4th Thursday of every month |
Boca Raton
Hospice by the Sea 5:30pm – 8:30pm February 11 Register Now! |
| West Palm Beach Palm Beach Staffing 1261 South Congress Ave West Palm Beach, FL 3rd Thursday of every month |
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AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers – Renewal Class
June 26, 2008
Miami Gardens
Nursing Unlimited Headquarters
18405 NW 2nd Ave
Miami Gardens, FL 33169
Every Monday
9:30am – 12:30pm or
6:30pm – 9:30pm
(CLOSED 9/7/09)
and
1st & 3rd Saturday of every month
9:30am – 12:30pm
(Closed 7/4/09)
American Heart Association (AHA) Classes
June 25, 2008
Nursing Unlimited is a training center for the American Heart Association, offering BLS, ACLS and PALS for healthcare providers, and basic life support and first aid classes for non-healthcare providers on a contract basis. We also offer the AHA Core Instructor Course, and discipline-specific instructor courses such as BLS Instructor, ACLS Instructor and PALS Instructor.
LIST OF CLASSES:
Training for Lay Rescuers
Heartsaver CPR
Heartsaver First Aid
Heartsaver AED
Training for Healthcare Providers
BLS for Healthcare Providers – Initial Provider Course
BLS for Healthcare Providers – Renewal Course
BLS for Healthcare Providers – Online Renewal Course
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course
Instructor Classes
AHA Instructor Core
BLS Instructor Class
ACLS Instructor Class
PALS Instructor Class
