ACLS & PALS Courses

The PALS and ACLS Blended Learning Skill Checks are each offered twice per year in alternating quarters. Both the PALS and ACLS Skill Checks are approximately 6 hours long and completed in one day.

Steps to acquiring ACLS/PALS Certification via Blended Learning Course: 

Part 1- Online Portion of the AHA Course:

  1. Go online to elearning.heart.org to purchase and complete the AHA Online portion of the blended-learning class.
  2. Select the course in the discipline (ACLS, or PALS) that you need.
  3. The AHA course is self-paced and can be completed from any computer.
  4. At the end of the online class, you will receive a certificate of completion.
  5. Once you have the certificate, visit our Course Calendar to schedule your hands-on Skills Check.

Costs for the AHA Online course:

HeartCode ACLS - $158.00

  • Product Number: 20-3554

HeartCode PALS - $158.00

  • Product Number: 20-3555

Part 2- IREMSC In-Person AHA Skills Check Class:

A certificate of completion from the online AHA course, as mentioned in part 1, is required to participate in the Skills Check Class. Once you have the certificate, you can register for the hands-on skills check. Visit our Course Calendar to schedule your hands-on Skills Check Class.

IREMSC In-Person Hand-on Skills Checks at:

  1. ACLS – $175.00
  2. PALS - $175.00

Rescheduling and Refund Policy:

Reschedule requests must be made at least 24 hours before the scheduled class date. Failure to reschedule will result in forfeiture of the course fee.

Refunds will only be considered for cancellations made two weeks before the course date.

Refunds will not be provided if you reschedule a class and subsequently decide to cancel it.

You also have the option to contact our AHA instructors to set up a class at a time convenient to both you and the instructor.  These instructors will do group and/or individual classes.  Prices will vary as each instructor is an independent contractor. You can view the list of available instructors here.