Become an Advanced Stroke Life Support® Provider and/or Instructor!

ASLS® is appropriate for all in-hospital and prehospital healthcare professionals involved in the management of acute stroke patients and meets the education requirements for Stroke Center Certification. This advanced course is ideal for:

• Stroke Coordinators,
• Nursing Students and Nurses,
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurses,
• Paramedics & Emergency Medical Personnel,
• Physicians,
• Physician Assistants,
• Residents & Fellows,
• Medical Students, or
• Respiratory Therapists.

The ASLS® Blended Learning Course educates healthcare professionals to identify, evaluate, and manage patients with stroke. The skills evaluation consists of three parts: a stroke scale demonstration, a stroke syndrome evaluation, and a stroke simulation scenario. In-person skills tests will challenge learners to apply the skills and knowledge obtained from the online portion to correctly perform neurologic exams, diagnose, and manage patients with stroke.

ASLS® Online course + 2-3 hour skill session. The skills session includes discussion, practical application and a skills test.

Estimated ASLS® Online course completion times:

- Prehospital Provider: 3-6 hours 

- In-Hospital Provider: 4-8 hours 

- Prehospital & In-Hospital Provider: 5-9 hours 

*Because the online portion is adaptive, meaning that you follow a learning path personalized by your inputs and self-reported confidence level, the time it takes to complete the online portion depends on your knowledge level. 

Complete one of the self-paced, online courses (available when registering), which will prepare you for the in-person skills evaluation session with an AHA ASLS® Instructor. 

- ASLS® Online: Prehospital Provider

- ASLS® Online: In-Hospital Provider

- ASLS® Online: Prehospital & In-Hospital Provider

$159.99

- $10 Off with Code ASLS25

The Essential Stroke Life Support® (ESLS) Online Provider Course is a self-directed eLearning course designed to teach healthcare providers knowledge for faster stroke recognition and triage for patients that may present outside of a more advanced stroke care setting. ESLS is ideal for basic healthcare providers who may not treat or manage patients with stroke as part of their normal scope of practice.

You will be able to:

1. Describe why early treatment of stroke may result in a marked reduction in risk of disability;
2. Identify the 5 main stroke syndromes and relate them to pathophysiology and clinical signs;
3. Perform a focused evaluation to identify stroke and its location;
4. Define the initial management of patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes;
5. Describe the principles of prehospital stroke management that make up the current standard of care;
6. Determine when to call a stroke alert and quickly transport the patient to the nearest appropriate facility; and
7. Communicate the patient’s symptoms, the time of symptom onset, and the stroke screening exam results clearly and succinctly to hospital personnel.

 Self-paced online class 

 None 

 $39.99