BLS Accreditation & Continuing Education
Release date: January 1, 2024
Expiration date: December 31, 2026
Estimated time to complete activity: 2 to 8 hours depending on activity
Hardware needed: Desktop, laptop, tablet or phone
To contact the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine please visit www.pimed.com.
Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and ProTrainings
ProTrainings is pleased to offer CME/CE/CEU credits to all students for their BLS, PALS, and ACLS certification and recertification courses. These credits are approved through a joint providership with the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) for a variety of professions.
Faculty
Roy Shaw
EMT-P, Lead Instructor, Co-Founder
Jason Courtade
EMT-P I/C, Education Director
Dr. Eric Egeler
MD, Medical Reviewer
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of healthcare providers involved in the care of patients in cardiac arrest.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Identify the signs and symptoms of a heart attack, stroke, or opioid overdose and explain how to provide the proper care.
- Describe the scene survey and primary assessment steps for adults, children, and infants.
- Recite rescue breathing skills for adults, children, and infants who are in respiratory arrest.
- Recall skills for removing a foreign body airway obstruction for conscious and unconscious victims.
- Identify BLS treatments for one or two-person CPR for patients of varying ages.
- Explain the requirements for achieving high-quality CPR.
- Discuss the proper use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for adults, children, and infants.
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this ProTrainings Basic Life Support course activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) and ProTrainings. PIM is jointly accredited by:
- Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- California Board of Registered Nursing (CBRN)
- Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
- American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, being a joint provider of training, reviews curriculum to meet the standards of ANSI/IACET, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices, and is authorized to issue IACET CEU for courses that the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has reviewed and deemed as meeting and/or exceeding the ANSI/IACET standards.
Credit Hour Information
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented, in accordance with, the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and ProTrainings. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designations
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians claiming credits with ACCME should claim only the credits that commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For Family Physicians, reporting credits, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) accepts 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. as equivalent to AAFP Elective credit. When reporting to the AAFP, 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. earned must be reported as 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™., not as AAFP Prescribed credit.
For Family Physicians, reporting credits, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) accepts 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. as equivalent to AAFP Elective credit. When reporting to the AAFP, 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. earned must be reported as 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™., not as AAFP Prescribed credit.
Accreditation Statement
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Credit Designation
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 4.0 contact hours (0.4 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Using the 2024 Universal Activity Numbers (UAN) below.
- UAN for Pharmacists - JA4008162-9999-24-035-H99-P
- UAN for Pharmacy Technologists - JA4008162-9999-24-035-H99-T
Type of Activity: Knowledge
Accreditation Statement
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Credit Designation
This educational activity for 4.0 contact hours is provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CBRN). Use PIM’s provider number when claiming; CEP13485.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CBRN). Use PIM’s provider number when claiming; CEP13485.
Accreditation Statement
This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the American Dental Association's Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) through joint sponsorship efforts between Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and ProTrainings.
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of the credit hours by boards of dentistry.
Credit Designation
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this activity for 4.0 continuing education credits.
Concerns or complaints about a CE Provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at http://www.ada.org/cerp.
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose.
The ProTrainings faculty — Roy Shaw — hereby states that he has no financial relationships, relationships to products or devices, or other commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity of any amount during the past 24 months.
The medical reviewers — Jason Courtade and Dr. Eric Egeler — hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner have no financial relationships, relationships to products or devices, or other commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity of any amount during the past 24 months.
Method of Participation and Request for Credit
There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this activity. During the period January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026, participants must read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures and study the educational activity.
If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please complete the evaluation on www.cmeuniversity.com. On the navigation menu, click on "Find Post-test/Evaluation by Course" and search by course ID 18357. Upon registering and completing the activity evaluation, your certificate will be made available immediately.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.