Life Support Education

The Department of Life Support Education offers basic and advanced resuscitation courses for hospital and school of medicine employees, as well as interested individuals in the community.

Our dedicated staff is committed to providing individuals with the latest evidence-based resuscitation education available. Our courses provide participants with up-to-date information and hands on practice according to the most current American Heart Association recommendations for Emergency Cardiac Care.

What's New in 2012?

ACLS and PALS Precourse Self Assessment is Required!

It is now a requirement that students complete the precourse self-assessment for ACLS & PALS courses. They must print the results and bring them to class. The printed results will serve as a “ticket” to get into class. Students that do not complete the assessment or forget to bring the results will not be permitted to attend the class. The precourse assessment may be completed at:

www.heart.org/eccstudent

ACLS Courses enter code: “compression”
PALS Courses enter code: “palsprovider”

NRP Online Exam

The NRP exam must now be taken online before coming to class. Students will be allowed one attempt to pass the exam free of charge. If they fail the exam they will be charged $16 for each additional attempt. It is important that students read the textbook before attempting the exam. Students will be instructed how to access the online exam once they have registered for class.

PALS e-Learning

PALS e-learning will be an option, beginning in the April-June time frame. Students will have the option to purchase and complete part 1 of the PALS course online. Part 2 is an actual skills exam which they will complete in Life Support Education (1-2 hours). Details announced soon.

Combo Courses

For your convenience, we are still offering combined courses for students that need both ACLS and BLS or PALS and BLS. These courses allow you to complete your BLS and ACLS refresher or your BLS and PALS refresher in a one day format.

Inclement Weather Policy

Because much preparation goes into scheduling the dates for our classes at Life Support Education, we do not cancel classes for inclement weather unless extreme circumstances are present. There are very few days that we are not holding some type of class in our classrooms; therefore, rescheduling a canceled class would be virtually impossible. However, due to the distance many students drive to attend our classes, we realize that not all students will be able to attend a class in hazardous weather conditions. If this is the case, please call (336-716-2800) or e-mail (lifesupported@wakehealth.edu) us as soon as possible and we will reschedule you for a future class.

In the unlikely event that classes are canceled, we will make every effort to post a notice either on this website or on our voicemail (336-716-2800).