Advanced Life Support - Instructor Led

Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 12:00 AM - Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 11:59 PM, Washington, DC


Commission on Accreditation For Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE)-Advanced (10.25 hours)

The Advanced Life Support (ALS) course provides prehospital and healthcare professionals the knowledge and skills necessary to assess, recognize, and care for adult patients experiencing life threatening medical emergencies. Consistent with the American Red Cross Focused Updates and Guidelines 2020, the ALS course emphasizes providing high-quality care and integrating psychomotor skills with critical thinking and problem solving to achieve the best possible patient outcomes. The online portion of the ALS course features adaptive learning technology which offers a personalized focused learning experience for each participant. Participants must successfully complete the online portion of the course including the ALS Team Response Scenarios at the end of each lesson and the final written exam before attending the in-person skills session.

1. Demonstrate high-quality basic life support (BLS) skills, including high-quality chest compressions, effective ventilations and use of an AED.
2. Apply concepts of effective teamwork when caring for a patient experiencing a cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or respiratory emergency.
3. Integrate advanced communication, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills when responding as part of a team to a cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or respiratory emergency.
4. Apply a systematic, continuous approach to assess, recognize and care for an adult experiencing a cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or respiratory emergency.
5. Effectively assess, recognize and care for an adult experiencing respiratory or cardiac arrest.
6. Quickly recognize the nature of a cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or respiratory emergency.
7. Provide effective and appropriate advanced life support care to address a cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or respiratory emergency.
8. Provide effective and appropriate care after a return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) during a resuscitation effort.

This CE activity is accredited for 10.25 Advanced CEH by The American Red Cross, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education.

I understand that the American Red Cross as a requirement of CAPCE accreditation will submit a record of my course completions to the CAPCE AMS. I further understand that my course completion records may be accessed by or shared with such regulators as state EMS offices, training officers, and NREMT on a password-protected need-to-know basis. In addition, I understand that I may review my record of CAPCE accredited course completions by contacting CAPCE.

Cancellation Policy:
American Red Cross reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
American Red Cross is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact your instructor.

American Red Cross adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

American Red Cross adheres to the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, as well as the conflict of interest requirements of the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.