ACLS Renewal Certification – In-Person Classroom Course

The ACLS Renewal Course is a focused, instructor-led review for healthcare providers who already hold a current ACLS certification. This course follows the American Heart Association (AHA) ACLS Provider curriculum, including cardiac arrest algorithms, airway strategies, opioid-associated emergencies, and high-performance team dynamics.

The renewal format reinforces your clinical decision-making skills through realistic megacode scenarios, rhythm review, and hands-on practice.

Upon successful completion, students receive an official AHA ACLS Provider eCard.

What the ACLS Renewal Course Covers

The Renewal course covers all critical ACLS concepts with emphasis on speed, clarity, and clinical decision-making.

Critical Skills Refresher

  • High-quality CPR with physiologic monitoring concepts
  • Airway and ventilation strategies
  • Rhythm interpretation for cardiac arrest & peri-arrest rhythms
  • ACLS medication indications and timing
  • Adult ECG rhythm review

Algorithm Review & Clinical Pathways

  • Bradycardia & tachycardia management changes
  • Cardiac arrest algorithm with shock optimization
  • Respiratory failure identification
  • ACS & stroke updated systems-of-care pathways
  • Opioid-associated emergency response

Megacode Performance & Team Dynamics

  • Closed-loop communication
  • Leadership and effective team role distribution
  • Scenario-based decision-making
  • Coordinated interventions during adult cardiac arrest

Students complete both the ACLS written exam and a hands-on megacode evaluation as part of certification renewal.

Who Should Take the ACLS Renewal Course?

This course is designed for healthcare professionals who currently hold an ACLS certification.

Ideal for:

  • RNs (ICU, ED, Telemetry, Cath Lab, PACU)
  • Physicians, PAs, NPs
  • Paramedics & advanced EMTs
  • Respiratory Therapists
  • Code Team & Rapid Response personnel

Also suitable for:

  • Procedural & perioperative staff
  • Monitor techs
  • Outpatient clinicians who must maintain ACLS for credentialing

If your ACLS has expired you must enroll in the ACLS Initial course instead.

Why Choose the In-Person Renewal Format?

Instructor-led renewal training provides:

  • Ideal for visual and hands-on learners
  • Reinforces confidence in critical emergencies
  • Faster paced than the Initial course
  • Designed specifically for experienced providers.

Required Pre-Course Assessment (AHA Requirement)

The American Heart Association requires completion of a free pre-course assessment prior to attending in-person ACLS training. This assessment helps ensure students arrive prepared for hands-on instruction and scenario-based practice.  The assessment can be found here: https://elearning.heart.org/course/423

Certification

  • Official AHA ACLS Provider eCard issued upon successful completion
  • Certification is valid for two years
  • Widely accepted by hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, EMS agencies, and other healthcare employers

Textbook Requirement

  • Students are required to have the AHA-approved ACLS Provider Manual used for the current classroom curriculum. If you already own the textbook, you may bring it with you. Otherwise, it may be purchased during registration.

Training Locations

This in-person ACLS Renewal course is offered at:

Oakland Training Center

333 Hegenberger Rd, #855
Oakland, CA 94621

Course Summary

$215.00

AHA ACLS Provider eCard

100% Instructor-Led Classroom

Oakland, CA

7 hours over 1 day, with time for breaks and lunch (based on 1 instructor | 8 students | 2 manikins)

Textbook Required (Available for purchase at registration)

Upcoming Classes

Oakland Campus

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In addition to classes conducted at one of our facilities, Project Heartbeat understands that it is much more convenient to send 1 instructor to your facility rather than sending all your students to ours. Therefore, any of our classes can be personalized to your needs and conducted at your home, workplace, school, hospital, or other healthcare facility.

Onsite classes can be scheduled 7 days a week during the morning, afternoon, early evening, or even during an extended work lunch break.

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