Class Schedule

ACCESS EMPLOYEES ONLY - our classes for ACCESS employees, all other students please reference our other training sites; located on our schedule home screen: https://adaparamedics.enrollware.com/schedule

ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (ACLS) Update/Refresher Course

• For healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies and for personnel in emergency response

What does this course teach?

• Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
• Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
• Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
• Airway management
• Related pharmacology
• Management of ACS and stroke
• Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team

Bring to Class:

• ACLS Provider (2020) Manual -- ACCESS employee can check out one from library
• ACLS PRETEST - Click HERE to take pretest
• ACLS pre-test passing score is 70%, you can access the exam as many times as needed
• Any student that comes to class without pre-test certificate will not be allowed to attend
• Pen or pencil writing notes

FORMS for Class

• ACLS Update/Refresher Agenda Sample  
• ACLS Skills Check - fill-able form

Now select the date that works best for you.

After your AHA Course 

• Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM (12 seats left)Ada County Paramedic (C-Shift)
• Monday, June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM (12 seats left)Ada County Paramedics (B-Shift)
• Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM (12 seats left)Ada County Paramedics (B-Shift)

ACLS Experience Provider (EP)

The goal of the classroom, Instructor-led ACLS EP Course is to improve outcomes in complex cardiovascular, respiratory and other (eg, metabolic, toxicological) emergencies by expanding on core ACLS guidelines and encouraging critical thinking and decision making strategies. Through instruction and active participation in case-based scenarios, learners enhance their skills in the differential diagnosis and treatment of prearrest, arrest and post arrest patients. The length of this class is 8 hours.

For successful course completion, learners must actively participate in all case-based scenarios and must meet all current ACLS
course completion requirements including
· Pass the 1-rescuer CPR and AED skills test
· Pass the bag-mask ventilation skills test
· Pass the Megacode skills test
· Pass the ACLS Provider exam with a score of 84% or higher (You can access your keycode twice)

The goal of the Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support for Experienced Providers (ACLS EP) Course is to improve outcomes in complex cardiovascular, respiratory and other (eg, metabolic, toxicologic) emergencies by expanding on core ACLS guidelines and encouraging critical thinking and decision-making strategies. Through instruction and active participation in case-based scenarios, learners enhance their skills in the differential diagnosis and treatment of prearrest, arrest and postarrest patients.

Prerequisite:

• You must take the on-line ACLS-EP Test (this is the actual test, you will have 2 chances to pass with an 84%, failure to pass you will not be able to take the ACLS-EP Provider course at this time.)  Please refer to your confirmation emai after you register.

Upon successful completion, learners receive an ACLS EP course completion card, valid for 2 years.

 ACLS-EP (Expericence Provider) will replace your ACLS Provider level card

SWO Protocol: G-01 Medical Direction

Each licensed Paramedic in the ACCESS system shall maintain ACLS Certification (Failure to maintain cerification will result in suspension of credentials an this levelof a medical provider in the ACCESS system.)

• Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedics (A-Shift)
• Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedic (C-Shift)
• Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedics (A-Shift)

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS):

• For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units

What does this course teach?

The PALS Provider Course aims to improve outcomes for pediatric patients by preparing healthcare providers to effectively recognize and intervene in patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high‐performance team dynamics and high‐quality individual skills. The course includes a series of case scenario practices with simulations that reinforce important concepts. Upon successful completion of all the patient cases, students must pass the multiple-choice exam with a minimum score of 84%. Topics include:

After successfully completing this course, students will be able to

• Perform high‐quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per American Heart Association (AHA) basic life support (BLS) recommendations
• Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
• Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds
• Apply team dynamics
• Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure
• Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
• Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
• Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
• Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
• Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
• Implement post–cardiac arrest management

Goal: By registering Update PALS course you understand the need for significant pre-course preparation, and understand that without adequate pre-course preparation you may not successfully complete the PALS course.

To Prepare:

• Complete a BLS Providers (2015) course or be able to perform high-quality CPR and use and AED according to the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC. 
• Understand the 10 cases in the PALS Provider (2015) Manual
• Understand the PALS algorithms for the cases in the PALS Provider Manual
• Complete the PALS Precourse self-assessment on PALS ECG's and Pharmacology

Bring to Class:

• PALS Provider (2020) Manual -- ACCESS Employees can check out from the library
• PALS PRETEST - click HERE to take prestest
  • Any student that comes to class without pre-test will not be allowed to attend
  • PALS pretest passing score is 70%
• Pen or pencil writing notes

NOTE: All ACCESS employees' AHA certification records will be verified.  If not valid, the employee will receive an email informing them of what their options are. ACCESS employees are EXEMPT from the cost (unless otherwise noted) 

FORMS:

• PALS Update Agenda - Example
• PALS Skills Sheets - Fill-in

SWO Protocol: G-02 Medical Direction

Each licensed Paramedic in the ACCESS system shall maintain PALS Certification (Failure to maintain cerification will result in suspension of credentials an this level of a medical provider in the ACCESS system.)  ACCESS employees are EXEMPT from the cost of a renewal course, if expired the ACCESS employee will cover the cost of the online course

Course description provided by American Heart Association®

Now select the date that works best for you.

• Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedics (B-Shift)
• Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedics (A-Shift)
• Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedics (A-Shift)
• Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedic (C-Shift)
• Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedic (C-Shift)
• Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AMAda County Paramedics (B-Shift)

Advanced Airway

SUMMARY:   The goal of The A.C.C.E.S.S. Advanced Airway Course is to improve outcomes in complex airway emergencies by expanding on core practices and skills, learning current several widely accepted "best practices" and "strategies" in difficult airway management, and encouraging critical thinking and decision-making.

Through cooperative learning and active participation in lectures, small group discussions, case-based scenarios, and skills stations; students enhance their skills in the differential diagnosis and treatment of critically ill and injured patients requiring advanced airway management.

At the end of the course, students should begin to conceptually form a cohesive universal strategy for prehospital airway management, with the twin goals of improving first-pass success and decreasing pt morbidity/mortality via predictable factors.

ATTENDANCE: Attendance is required both days. Please note that this course is open to ACCESS ALS (Paramedic) providers only. Contact your agency's training officer to be approved for attendance in this course.

REQUIREMENTS: In addition to attendance and attendance in this course, students will be required to:

• Complete pre- and post- course surveys
• Complete select pre-course educational assignments in the spirit of "flipped education"
• Complete a final post-course assessment (Test).

This two-day Airway course schedule is scheduled for the following months. 

• December 2024
• Feburary 2025
• May 2025
• August 2025

When you register you will be signed up for both days in the month you choose. 

December 2024

(Session-1) 

• DEC 2, 2024 (Monday - A Shift--Fire C) 

(Session-2) 

• DEC 4, 2024  (Thursday - A Shift) 

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February 2025

(Session-1) 

• FEB 13. 2025  (Thursday - C Shift) 

(Session-2) 

• FEB 18, 2025  (Tuesday - C Shift) 

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May 2025

(Session-1) 

• MAY 15. 2025  (Thursday - A Shift) 

(Session-2) 

• MAY 22, 2025  (Thursday - A Shift) 

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August/September 2025

(Session-1) 

• AUG 27. 2025  (Wednesday - B Shift) 

(Session-2) 

• SEPT, 2025  (Wednesday - B Shift) 

• Monday, December 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM (3 seats left)Ada County Paramedics (Excellence)
  This class continues on:
  Wed 12/04/24 at 8:30a
  
• Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM (11 seats left)Ada County Paramedic (C-Shift)
  This class continues on:
  Tue 2/18/25 at 8:00a
  
• Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM (12 seats left)Ada County Paramedics (A-Shift)
  This class continues on:
  Thu 5/22/25 at 8:00a
  
• Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM (12 seats left)Ada County Paramedics (B-Shift)
  This class continues on:
  Wed 9/03/25 at 8:00a