The Canadian Heart Association’s Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) education program prepares health-care professionals with the advanced knowledge, clinical decision-making, and practical skills required to effectively participate in or lead a resuscitation event. The program emphasizes the prevention and early recognition of cardiac arrest, continuous high-quality CPR, effective airway and cardiovascular management, post–cardiac arrest care, and the importance of high-performing resuscitation teams.
Designed for health-care professionals working in acute care, emergency, critical care, and prehospital environments, the ACLS program combines interactive education, case-based learning, and realistic simulation scenarios to help participants build confidence in managing adult cardiovascular emergencies. The course reflects current international resuscitation science and educational best practices based on the latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
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- Live virtual
You can expect a welcoming, supportive, and highly interactive learning experience from the moment your virtual ACLS course begins. Instead of feeling intimidated or overwhelmed, you will feel engaged, involved, and supported by experienced instructors who want you to succeed.
Throughout the course, you will work through realistic emergency scenarios, ask questions in real time, strengthen your ECG and resuscitation skills, and build confidence in your ability to respond during critical situations. You will learn alongside other healthcare professionals in a live classroom environment — all from the comfort of your home or workplace.
By the end of your ACLS experience, you will feel more confident, more prepared, and more comfortable managing cardiovascular emergencies as part of a high-performing healthcare team.
- In-person classroom
You can expect an engaging, hands-on, and supportive learning experience from the moment you walk into your classroom ACLS course. Rather than feeling like you are simply sitting through lectures, you will actively participate in discussions, team-based scenarios, rhythm interpretation, and real-world emergency case management alongside other healthcare professionals.
Throughout the course, you will have opportunities to ask questions, practice critical thinking skills, strengthen your understanding of ACLS concepts, and build confidence in managing cardiovascular emergencies in a collaborative clinical environment. Your instructors are there to guide, coach, and support you every step of the way.
By the end of your classroom ACLS experience, you will feel more confident in your abilities, more comfortable working within a resuscitation team, and better prepared to respond during real patient emergencies.
What Will I Learn...
Utilize the BLS, Primary, and Secondary Assessments.
Understand the importance of high-quality BLS, emphasizing early chest compressions and integrating early defibrillation.
Recognize and understand how to manage patients experiencing a respiratory arrest
Discuss early recognition and management of Acute Coronary Events and Strokes.
Recognize and understand how to manage patients experiencing bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias.
Recognize and understand how to manage patients experiencing a cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation efforts or transfer of care.
Understand how to manage a patient who obtains a return of spontaneous circulation.
Model effective communication as a team member or team leader.
Understand how to evaluate your team’s resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest utilizing a continuous assessment of CPR quality, monitoring the patient’s physiologic response, and delivering real-time feedback to your team
Recognize the impact and importance of team dynamics on overall team performance.
Discuss how the use of a rapid response team or medical emergency team may improve patient outcomes.
How Will I Be Evaluated...
During the Canadian Heart Association’s ACLS program, you will be given access to an integrated online evaluation system. It is through the use of this system that you will be evaluated. Evaluation happens in real-time within the program. You can access the system using your smartphone. Using this interactive evaluation system, we can guarantee that you will successfully complete the program and earn your ACLS Certificate.
Who should attend?
- Provider Course · Live Virtual Classroom
The Canadian Heart Association’s ACLS program is designed for healthcare professionals who participate in or manage resuscitation events. This can include but is not limited to personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, dentists, paramedics, and others who need an ACLS course completion card.
- Provider Course · In-Person Classroom
The Canadian Heart Association’s ACLS program is designed for healthcare professionals who participate in or manage resuscitation events. This can include but is not limited to personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, dentists, paramedics, and others who need an ACLS course completion card.
- Renewal Course · Live Virtual Classroom
The Canadian Heart Association’s ACLS program is designed for healthcare professionals who participate in or manage resuscitation events. This can include but is not limited to personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, dentists, paramedics, and others who need an ACLS course completion card.
- Renewal Course · In-Person Classroom
The Canadian Heart Association’s ACLS program is designed for healthcare professionals who participate in or manage resuscitation events. This can include but is not limited to personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, dentists, paramedics, and others who need an ACLS course completion card.
- Experienced Professional Course · Live Virtual Classroom
The Canadian Heart Association’s ACLS program is designed for healthcare professionals who participate in or manage resuscitation events. This can include but is not limited to personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, dentists, paramedics, and others who need an ACLS course completion card.
- Experienced Professional Course · In-Person Classroom
The Canadian Heart Association’s ACLS program is designed for healthcare professionals who participate in or manage resuscitation events. This can include but is not limited to personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, dentists, paramedics, and others who need an ACLS course completion card.
What Certificates Will I Earn...
- Provider Course · In-Person Classroom
Canadian Heart Association – BLS Provider Certificate (Valid For 1-Year)
Canadian Heart Association – ACLS Certificate (Valid For 2-Years)
- Renewal Course · In-Person Classroom
Canadian Heart Association – BLS Provider Certificate (Valid For 1-Year)
Canadian Heart Association – ACLS Certificate (Valid For 2-Years)
