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ACLS/BLS Combo
Date/Time: Sat 9/19/2026 at 9:00 AM
Location: Defib Hawaii- Honolulu
Class Price: $310.00

***Pre-Course Work and Assessment Included, MUST be completed prior to class with a minimum score of 70%.  Once completed please email BOTH the score results AND the Certificate of Completion which states "[your name] has passed the precourse self assessment and completed the video lessons" to [email protected] OR print a copy to bring to class.

It is REQUIRED by AHA to have the ACLS/BLS E-Book or hardcopy manual. 

AHA ACLS Certification in Honolulu, HI

This AHA ACLS Certification class in Honolulu is for healthcare professionals who manage or participate in the response to cardiac arrest, stroke, acute coronary syndromes and other cardiovascular or cardiopulmonary emergencies.

This is the right ACLS class if you are taking Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support for the first time, your ACLS card is expired, or your employer, hospital, school, residency, clinical program or licensing requirement asks for an AHA ACLS Provider card.

ACLS training covers high-quality CPR, advanced airway management, rhythm recognition, pharmacology, team-based resuscitation, cardiac arrest algorithms, bradycardia, tachycardia, acute coronary syndromes and stroke response. Students should be comfortable with BLS skills before attending ACLS.

Classes are held at Defib Hawaii in Honolulu for healthcare providers across Oahu. AHA ACLS eCards are issued the same day for eligible students after successful completion of all required course work, skills testing and class requirements.

Course Overview

The ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers skills, emphasizing the importance  of continuous, high-quality CPR. This advanced course highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care, and immediate post-cardiac-arrest-care.

ACLS also covers airway management and related pharmacology. Skills are taught in  group sessions with small group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.

The new 2020 ACLS course requires you to interpret EKG rhythms. Unless you work with EKG rhythms on a daily basis we strongly recommend that you practice reading EKGs prior to class.

This course covers these topics

  • ACLS Algorithms
  • Immediate post-cardiac-arrest care
  • Airway management
  • Rhythm recognition
  • High-quality CPR
  • 1- rescuer CPR AED
  • Effective resuscitation team dynamics
  • Science overview (update course)
  • BLS and ACLS surveys
  • ACS
  • Megacode treatment

This course is intended for

  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Paramedics
  • EMT’s
  • Respiratory Therapists
  • Staff in intensive- care units and emergency or critical care departments
  • Other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency
  • Physician Assistant

Course Overview

The American Heart Association BLS Course is the foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest.

The course is designed to provide a wide variety of certified and non-certified, licensed and non-licensed, healthcare professionals with the skills to keep people alive until they can be brought to a hospital or be treated with more advanced lifesaving measures.

The skills you learn in this class will enable you to recognize and respond to cardiac arrest, and activate the emergency response system early.

This course covers these topics

  • How to perform high-quality CPR in a wide variety of settings
  • How to respond to choking emergencies
  • Chain of Survival
  • Appropriate use of AED
  • Providing effective ventilation

This course is intended for

  • Current BLS providers (not expired)
  • Students who provide health care to patients and need CPR training in a health career-related setting.
  • Emergency room, family and other physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
  • Paramedics
  • Intensive-Care and Critical-care providers
ACLS Pre-Course and Self Assessment included. MUST be completed prior to class. The AHA E-Book or hardcopy manual is required per AHA guidelines. *****Please note, Pre-Course Work and Assessment will take approx. 3-4hrs to complete.

Contact Us

Defib Hawaii
AHA BLS, CPR, ACLS & PALS Classes in Honolulu, HI
 1314 S King St
Suite 606
Honolulu, HI 96814

phone (808)479-8993

AHA eCards Issued Same Day

American Heart Association (AHA) eCards are issued the same day for eligible courses after successful completion of all class requirements.

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Common CPR Courses in Hawaii

BLS Certification: For healthcare providers, nursing students, dental teams, clinical staff and first responders.

BLS Renewal: For current BLS providers who need to renew before expiration.

BLS Skills Session: For students who already completed HeartCode BLS online.

Heartsaver CPR AED: For workplace CPR, AED and general public CPR training.

Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED: For CPR, AED and first aid requirements.

ACLS: For advanced healthcare providers who manage cardiac, stroke and cardiopulmonary emergencies.

PALS: For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies involving infants and children.

 

Choose the Right CPR Class in Honolulu

Choose BLS Certification or BLS Renewal if you need professional-level CPR for a healthcare job, school program, clinical rotation or licensing requirement. If you completed HeartCode online, choose the correct BLS Skills, ACLS Skills or PALS Skills session. For workplace, childcare, coaching, fitness, hospitality, construction, school or general safety training, choose Heartsaver CPR AED or Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED. For advanced healthcare, emergency care, critical care, pediatrics or hospital requirements, choose ACLS or PALS.

 

American Heart Association Course Notice

The American Heart Association promotes knowledge and proficiency in AHA courses and develops instructional materials for that purpose. Use of AHA materials in a course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA, and course fees do not represent income to the AHA except for fees needed for AHA course materials.

Defib Hawaii is an independent CPR, BLS, ACLS, PALS, First Aid and AED training provider serving Honolulu and Oahu. Unless clearly stated, Defib Hawaii courses are not sponsored by, endorsed by or affiliated with any outside organization. When a course requires certification materials, eCards or curriculum from organizations such as the American Heart Association, those materials are used to meet the training standards for that course.