Class Schedule

AHA ACLS Provider/Renewal

Course Description

American Heart Association (AHA) 2025 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider (Initial/Refresher) is the AHA preferred course for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiac arrest, stroke, or other cardiopulmonary emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, critical care/intensive care, and surgery such as Physicians, Nurses, and Paramedics, as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for a job or other requirement.

 The course contains the following elements.

• Systematic approach (assessment)
• High-quality BLS
• Airway management
• Rhythm recognition
• Defibrillation
• Intravenous (IV)/intraosseous (IO) access (information only)
• Use of medications
• Cardioversion
• Transcutaneous pacing
• High-performance teams

Course Format

ACLS is an 8-hour in-class session.

Length of Course

Course is 8 Hours, and all classes start at 9:00 AM.

Course Location

IMD - 3101 N Central Avenue Suite 790 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 (IMD Administration) and at various AZ, UT and CA satellite locations.

Course Cost

The AHA ACLS Course is $160.00.

Prerequisites

The ACLS program requires that class participants must complete the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment and Precourse Work the AHA learning network found here:

Precourse Self-Assessment - https://elearning.heart.org/course/1637

** NOTE - Successful completion of the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment and Textbook is REQUIRED to attend the in-class session and there will be no exceptions to this policy.

Course Completion Certificate or Card

An AHA ACLS Provider e-Card is issued immediately upon completion (and class fee payment) that is valid for 2 years.

Required Texts

Participants may bring their own ACLS Provider manual (2025 AHA edition only) or purchase the e-book (or textbook) online found here.

ebook: https://shopcpr.heart.org/acls-provider-manual-ebook

Student must have a current book - AHA Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual (2025 CPR & ECC Guidelines). 

This book is required for the class.

• Monday, April 6, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (8 seats left)Phoenix - IME Main Classroom

AHA 2025 PALS Initial / Renewal

Course Overview:

The goal of the 2025 PALS Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. PALS is intended for healthcare professionals who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units that encounter pediatric patients on a regular basis. The AHA’s Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) uses a series of videos and 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.  Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion eCard, valid for two years.To enter the course, students must complete the PALS Precourse Self-Assessment and have a current textbook. Throughout the course, students are presented with several in-hospital pediatric patient cases and a team dynamics lesson. Upon successful completion of all the patient cases, students must pass the multiple-choice exam with a minimum score of 84%.

Course Curriculum:

• High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
• Recognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
• Recognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application of CPR within 10 seconds
• Apply team dynamics
• Differentiation between respiratory distress and failure
• Early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
• Differentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
• Early interventions for the treatment of shock
• Differentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
• Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
• Post–cardiac arrest management

Course Target Audience:

PPALS is intended for healthcare professionals who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units that encounter pediatric patients on a regular basis. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

Course Length:

Average 8.0 hours

Course Student to Mannequin Ratio (Max):

3 to 1

Course Student to Instructor Ratio (Max):

8 to 1

Course Minimum Students:

4 Students

Course Maximum Students:

12 Students

Course Prerequisites:

None

Course Required Text:

All students must have a current 2025 edition book - PALS Provider Manual eBook (15-1058) ISBNISBN: 978-1-68472-338-6. This book is REQUIRED for the class (before, during and after) and can be purchased here - https://shopcpr.heart.org/pals-provider-manual-ebook . Please note you will not be allowed to attend class without having a book.

Course Required Pre-Test:

All students must complete the Precourse Self-Assessment prior to class. A score of 70% or higher is necessary to pass. Print your report and bring to class. The link is - The link is https://elearning.heart.org/course/1639.

• Saturday, April 11, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (8 seats left)Phoenix - IME Main Classroom