American Heart Association Courses

BLS CPR for the Health Care Provider:

The BLS instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on high-quality CPR and team dynamics.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support:

ACLS highlights the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

Pediatric Advanced Life Support:

PALS is a classroom, video-based, Instructor-led course that uses a series of simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation and team dynamics.

Naemt  Courses

Prehospital Trauma Life Support:

PHTLS is the world’s premier prehospital trauma education, developed in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons to promote critical thinking in addressing multi-system trauma and provide the latest evidence-based treatment practices.

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care: 

TECC uses lessons learned from our military and applies them to the civilian world of tactical medicine.  This course takes an all-hazard approach to providing care outside the normal operating conditions of most EMS agencies, such as responding to a mass casualty or active shooter event.

Advanced Medical Life Support:

AMLS is the leading prehospital advanced medical assessment and treatment program that offers a "think outside the box" diagnosis methodology and is endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians.

Procedural Cadaver lab

The Procedural Cadaver Lab offers a hands-on, in-depth approach to medicine, offering an opportunity for anatomy and physiology review while enhancing skills such as airway management, thoracic emergency management, obtaining vascular access, and various other invaluable skills. The Cadaver Lab offers a realistic and anatomically appropriate visual training to enhance performance of high-risk, low-frequency skills. 

Customized Training

HeartStart Nola can work with any individual or organization to develop advanced training modules tailored to your specific needs. 

Some of our most popular topics include:

• Airway Management
• Anatomy and Physiology 
• Cardiac/Respiratory Emergencies
• End-Tidal CO2 Utilization
• Emergent Vascular Access
• Hands-On Skills and Scenario Based Training
• Incident Management 
• Mass Casualty Incident Training
• Medication Mathematics/Infusion Calculations
• Pediatric Emergencies
• 12 Lead ECG Interpretation