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| Name | Inital/Renewal | Safety Organization | Delivery Method | Cost |
| BLS for Healthcare Provider | Initial or Renewal | American Heart Association | Online (Instant Access) | $39.99 |
How to take a 2-part online First Aid, CPR, BLS for Healthcare Provider, ACLS or PALS course.Who wants to sit in an all-day class anymore? Not when there is a much simpler, and more convenient way. These days, they're even accredited and follow ECC guidelines. This article was written to help students understand the ins and outs of online CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) courses. There are many online courses available, such as First Aid, CPR, BLS (Basic Life Support), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support). How online courses work. Taking an online course and obtaining your wallet card is extremely convenient but can also be expensive, depending on a number of factors. You must understand that you're paying for convenience. This convenience comes at a price. What you need to know about online courses. All accredited courses that follow ECC guidelines require 2 parts; (1) the online course and (2) the skills evaluation. Some organizations do not require the skills portion, but may not be accepted by your employer. The online portion. In order to take the online portion, you should have a basic working knowledge of the computer, for obvious reasons. Most online courses allow you to login and logout as much as needed, in order to complete the course. One note of caution; once you start the course, you normally only have 45-60 days to complete the course. Once you've decided to get started, make sure you have enough time to complete the course. All of the online courses I've seen are completed in stages, or "modules". Once a module is completed, it is checked off. If you logout of the course before the module is completed, you'll need to start the module over again, so plan accordingly. The skills portion Skills evaluations are extremely straightforward, but the waters can get easily muddied if you don't know the right questions to ask or what to look for or. When calling a skills center to schedule your short skills evaluation, you may hear "I'm sorry, but we don't do that; we only offer a 4 hour class". When calling a training center for a skills evaluation, always say "I need a skills evaluation for the online XXX class I completed." Make sure they don't try and push you into a 4-hour class when all you wanted was a 20-minute skills evaluation. Once you have established that the skills center offers the skills evaluation, you should now inquire about their availability and price. Availability is important if you're on a tight schedule, and if so, you should make an appointment before the opportunity slips by. Prices range widely from area to area. If you're on a budget, you should call a few centers so that you can compare prices. You might be asking yourself how do you find these training centers? All of the large safety organizations such as the American Heart Association or American Red Cross will have a list of skills evaluation centers in your area. Just visit their website and follow the directions. After calling down a list of skills centers, you'll find that some training centers shouldn't even be on the list, either because they don't offer skills evaluations, they don't return your calls, or they have gone out of business. If you're ready to get started, we have some resources for you below. Our site offers online BLS and online ACLS courses by the American Heart Association. Online PALS is projected to be released near the end of 2009. |
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