Educational Courses

As a certified American Heart Association Training Center we can offer you or your company a wide variety of training to suit your needs. We train both healthcare providers and non-healthcare providers. Our programs can accommodate small or large groups. Classes can be conducted at our training center or at your location.

The great part about coming to Lancaster EMS for training is Training Center faculty staff members. We are emergency responders so your training comes from very experienced professionals who practice what they teach.

Course type and descriptions outlined below. To learn more, or to obtain a price quote, please contact us at: training@lemsa.com. Or you may contact Vickie Martin at (717) 872-4688, extension 234.

BLS for Healthcare Providers (CPR)

The Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers class provides information on adult, pediatric and infant CPR, including two-rescuer scenarios, the use of mouth-to-mask, and bag-valve mask. The class also covers automated external defibrillation for adults and children, foreign-body airway obstruction (conscious and unconscious), special resuscitation situations, and other cardiopulmonary emergencies.

Click here to sign up and pay for this class. Remember to select "CPR" from the class drop down list, and enter the date of the class you'd like to attend.

ACLS – Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

This course is designed primarily for healthcare professionals in emergency departments, intensive care units, critical care departments, surgical areas, or pre-hospital environments, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency. The ACLS Provider course provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest, symptomatic bradyarrhythmia, tachyarrhythmia, acute coronary syndrome, and acute ischemic stroke.

The ACLS Study Guide and pretest will be e-mailed to you following registration for your ACLS class. If your license or background has not provided you with ECG or Pharmacology training and application, or if you need to review and expand your knowledge, we suggest that you complete an ECG & Pharmacology class prior to taking ACLS for successful completion.

Upcoming ACLS classes
Date	Time	Location	Pricing
03/13/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 225.00 (includes required textbook)
06/12/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 225.00 (includes required textbook)
09/11/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 225.00 (includes required textbook)
12/11/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 225.00 (includes required textbook)

Click here to sign up and pay for this class. Remember to select "ALCS Recertification" from the class drop down list.

PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Designed for pediatricians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, emergency physicians, and other healthcare providers who care for infants and children, the PALS course teaches participants:
• to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest

• strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children

• skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock, or cardiopulmonary arrest.

The PALS Study Guide and pretest will be e-mailed to you following registration for your PALS class.

Upcoming PALS classes
Date	Time	Location	Pricing
04/10/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 225.00 (includes required textbook)
07/10/2013	CANCELED	CANCELED	CANCELED
10/09/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 225.00 (includes required textbook)
12/04/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 225.00 (includes required textbook)

Click here to sign up and pay for this class. Remember to select "PALS" from the class drop down

PEARS – Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization

Upcoming PEARS classes
Date	Time	Location	Pricing
06/08/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 75.00 (Textbook not included; $30 additional cost for book.)
09/21/2013	9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Millersville	$ 75.00 (Textbook not included; $30 additional cost for book.)

Click here to sign up and pay for this class. Remember to select "PEARS" from the class drop down

Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid

This class is designed for anyone who might need to respond to a Pediatric First Aid Emergency. The class shows individuals how to manage a pediatric injury or illness until professional help arrives. Participants will receive training in First Aid Basics, Medical Emergencies, Injury Emergencies, Environmental Emergencies and Administering First Aid with the use of CPR and AED. Ideal for child care providers, teachers, coaches, etc.

Heartsaver CPR

Heartsaver CPR is a classroom course that teaches basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift , giving compressions and breaths, and calling your emergency response number (or 911). The program teaches Adult/Child CPR, Adult/Child Choking, and offers optional modules in Infant CPR and choking, Adult/Child CPR with mask, andInfant CPR with mask. This class is designed for employee training for:
• First responders
• Individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements
• Select departments or an entire workplace

Heartsaver AED

Heartsaver AED is a classroom course that teaches basic CPR and AED skills such as giving CPR to an infant, child or adult, Using an automated External Defibrillator (AED), Using a mask or barrier device.

Heartsaver First Aid

This course designed to meet OSHA regulations and teach basic first aid skills such as stopping bleeding that can be seen, helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, helping someone who is having an allergic reaction, and making sure the scene is safe. The course covers Adult first aid (first aid basics, medical emergencies and injury emergencies with an optional environmental emergency module).

The course is designed for:

• First responders
• Individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements
• Select departments or an entire workplace

Heartsaver First Aid with CPR and AED

This course is designed to meet OSHA requirements. The course teaches basic first aid, CPR and AED skills such as helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, giving CPR to an infant, child or adult, using an Autmated Exetrnal Defibrillator (AED). The course also offers optional modules including Environmental Emergencies, and Infant CPR with Mask.

The course is designed for:

• First responders
• Individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements
• Select departments or an entire workplace

Click here to sign up and pay for this class. Remember to select "CPR" from the class drop down list, and enter the date of the class you'd like to attend.

Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens

Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens Course is a classroom course that teaches employees how to protect themselves and others from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials. This course is designed to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for bloodborne pathogens training when paired with site-specific instruction. AHA’s course uses the PACT acronym (Protect, Act, Clean, Tell) and slogan, “Make a PACT, Know How to Act,” to help students learn and easily recall bloodborne pathogens training.

Students learn how to:

• Protect themselves from exposure to bloodborne pathogens
• Act when exposed to blood or blood-containing materials in the workplace
• Clean themselves and the area when exposed to blood or blood-containing materials in the workplace
• Tell or report any exposure to blood or blood-containing materials in the workplace
For more details on this course, please email training@lemsa.com or contact Vickie Martin at (717) 872-4688, extension 235.

This course is designed for anyone with a reasonable chance of coming into contact with bloodborne pathogens such as:

• Correctional officers
• Childcare workers
• Security guards
• Maintenance workers
• School personnel
• Hotel housekeepers
• Health and fitness club staff
• Tattoo artists