I agree, Why not get ACLS and BLS over in one day.  We go over BLS when recertifying for ACLS.  Too much redundancy.

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I watched the comments of Dr Seth , I completely agree with him. 

No dout AHA might be doing great job.

But 8 hours of ACLS recertifcation, and $ hours of BLS recertification, does not make any sense.

Particulrly doing every 2 years and not much to add to course.

I alos wonder , if a person whose living is resuscitation job, like some body is doing ER job, what he is going to learn, in ACLS and BLS courses , These courses should  be more of customized type, if some body  need more skill and more reading , the should be encourged.

That much time  is definaltely  a wastage ,, and more over  these courses on computer can never be completed in the generally  suggested  time .

And there has to be a way If a person has done ACLS and BLS some many times , and person is working in Resuscitation setting , he should ot go for recertifation every 2yeras , This is absolutely wastage of time.

I am not sure what is validity of  ACS and BLS recertifications offered by other bodies. if some one can comment on this .They are lot more easier.

thanks  

I am a Director of Nursing and within my organization, if someone has taken ACLS, we do not then also require BLS since BLS is part of ACLS.  This is an institutional decision and takes into consideration the extensive amount of education time that is required of our nursing staff for all other types of training. 

I do think working in settings where codes are commonplace makes recertification seem like a waste of time; however how else would we ensure that people trained 10 years ago are following current guidelines and not old practices? 

We just recertified myself and our office staff - the new online review was awesome - great learning and very efficient - we hired a teacher to come to our office - did BCLS and ACLS in 3 hours, very relaxed thorough pace - it was well worth it and very professional

If you are not doing codes this certification will lose its effectiveness in 90 days.

Codes need to be run by people who do it often. You also need to have experience

with the teamwork organization to be effective or there can be confusion. in who does what to whom.Nothing wring with

the classes though.   Codes , however, are like any other  skill. Thye need to be practiced    in  a team  setting. 

Right on- AHA has moved to a simple minded cookie cutter glorified first aid course. It is nothing short of a joke as it is now presented with respect to in hospital staff. The DVD videos are insulting. The stations are also nothing real world based. I teach ACLS in Canada (25 + years) and we ignore this structure and deliver content and style that is relivant to in hospital staff requiring flexible critical thinking skills. Thanks for saying it as it is. How does this course flurish in the USA- why are people not complaining in hordes??? 

Michael  

AHA justifcation of requiring that only recertification using thier guidlines and only recognizing thier formated material is holding people hostage and manipulating the entire healthcare system and its providers.

I took mine ACLS online as well from the ACLS Certification Institute course at http://www.aclscertification.com/

I completely agree that the AHA course is too long. I really enjoyed the course from aclscertification.com and found it easy, quick and painless. I really suggest writing a blog post on their course because it will help your readers know more about them.