How To Earn ACLS And PALS Certification?

What is the best way to earn ACLS certification? Most importantly, how can you fit the requirements into your busy schedule? And how much will all this cost you out of pocket? Advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) and pediatric advanced life support (PALS) are essential certifications for medical professionals. And once you have earned the initial certifications, you will need to renew them every two years.  

Accredited online ACLS and PALS courses 

The good news is that, with the help of medtigo Connect, high-quality ACLS and PALS certification and renewal courses can be completed online in just a few hours –– for free! When you access medtigo Connect’s online lessons, our course materials will be available to you 24/7, so you can work through the material at your convenience. The curriculum is audited by qualified medical professionals, so you are assured that the content is up-to-date and the quality is excellent.

You can retake the tests as many times as necessary, a fact that changes the typical high-stakes aspect of testing, and will reduce your stress and anxiety – and thereby make it all the more likely that you truly learn the course material, rather than simply glossing it for quick, superficial memorization merely for the purpose of passing a test. And the even better news is that the certification you earn is recognized by 97% of U.S. hospitals.  

What do the courses cover? 

When you are working to become ACLS certified, or to renew your certification, you will learn all the essentials, fully updated according to the latest accepted standards: 

• Basic life support skills such as the use of AEDs; chest compressions; and bag-mask devices 
• Recognition & initial management of cardiac and respiratory arrest 
• Recognition & management of pre- and peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia 
• Airway management 
• Use of medications to manage various cardiac & neurologic emergencies 
• Effective communication within a resuscitation team, as a leader or as a team member 
• Interpretation of an electrocardiogram 

The PALS certification course covers: 

• High-quality infant CPR 
• Child CPR and the use of AEDs in children 
• Description of cardiopulmonary issues early and the use of CPR to save a life within the first ten minutes of pulmonary crisis 
• Differentiation between respiratory failure versus distress 
• Early intervention procedures for respiratory failure and distress 
• Differences between decompensated {hypotensive} and compensated pediatric shock. 
• Initial treatment of shock 
• Distinction between stable and unstable patients with arrhythmias 
• Clinical pointers of instability in children with arrhythmias 
• Management of a post-cardiac–arrest patient 
• Team dynamics in handling pediatric emergencies 

medtigo offers these courses completely free as part of your membership. Most other providers offer these courses for a price of $100 to $250. Our corporate vision is to allow healthcare providers to realize their full potential in their careers. Taking away the time and effort burden that is usually required in order for you to find high-quality courses, and also removing the financial burden of your paying hundreds of dollars for ACLS certification, is consistent with the medtigo vision. Contact us for more information about our ecosystem, our app, our courses, and other services.