University Hospital New Jersey Class Schedule

Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response

The University Hospital Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response (UH CEPR) offers healthcare, first responder and community centric training throughout New Jersey. The UH CEPR is located in Newark, NJ on the University Hospital Campus. The center benefits from its close relationship with the University Hospital Community Training Center, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and the NJ Emergency Medical Services Task Force.

The Faculty of the UH CEPR includes first responders, clinicians, and educators who collectively have responded to 9/11, The Miracle on the Hudson, and Hurricanes Katrina, Irene, and Sandy.

The center specializes in the rapid development and implementation of courses to address emerging issues.

Saturday, January 1, 2022 from 12:00 AM to 1:00 AM (full)University Hospital, Newark NJ

MINI MED ASHI CPR/AED

This course is for Rutgers Mini Med Program only,

UH Employees and General Public are NOT eligible for this program.

Course fees and monetary transaction are not reimbursable once the course registration is complete, no exceptions.

An email will be provided to you post registration with all of the information for this program.

If you have any querstion please contact the office at 973-972-4373 or emailing uhctc@uhnj.org

Thank you,

University Hospital Community Training Center

uhctc@uhnj.org

American Heart Association - BLS for the Healthcare Provider

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers course covers core material such as adult and pediatric CPR (including two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag mask), foreign-body airway obstruction and automated external defibrillation. This course is for healthcare providers such as EMS personnel, physician assistants, doctors, dentists, nurses, respiratory therapists, and lifeguards who must have a credential (card) documenting successful completion of a Healthcare Provider CPR course.

If you fail to receive course confirmation via email, please check your SPAM/Junk folders. Retreving your course manual is a pre-requisite for this course.

UH and Rutgers employees are only eligible for renewal for 45 days prior to your expiration date (as noted above).

If you fail to receive course confirmation via email, please check your SPAM/Junk folders.

CLASS LOCATION: 30 Bergen Street, Building 15, see the listings board for your classroom.

In order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and students all participants must:

Be subject to COVID screening, including screening and temperature checks. Any student determined to be sick will not be permitted to participate in the training session
Don a face covering while in all UH owned and leased properties (provided)
Remain at least 6 feet distance from others at all times
Practice hand-hygiene at the start,and throughout the course
If you are sick, STAY HOME.

Employees of University Hospital and Rutgers are not eligible for “free” BLS/ACLS/PALS/NRP Provider and/or Recertification courses until 30 days from your current expiration date.

-TWO YEAR CERTIFICATION

Course Length: Approximately 4.15 Hours

Course Fee: $85.00

American Heart Association - Heartsaver CPR AED

The Heartsaver® CPR AED course is intended for all individuals who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements, including; security guards, airline personnel, personal trainers and teachers.

It is also appropriate for lay rescuers who may have a need to respond to an emergency in the workplace, and family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death.

NOTE: Class location: 30 Bergen Street, Building 15. See the board for your class listing.

If you fail to receive course confirmation via email, please check your SPAM/Junk folders. Retreving your course manual is a pre-requisite for this course.

UH and Rutgers employees are only eligible for renewal for 45 days prior to your expiration date (as noted above).

In order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and students all participants must:

Be subject to COVID screening, including screening and temperature checks. Any student determined to be sick will not be permitted to participate in the training session
Don a face covering while in all UH owned and leased properties (provided)
Remain at least 6 feet distance from others at all times
Practice hand-hygiene at the start,and throughout the course
If you are sick, STAY HOME.

Employees of University Hospital and Rutgers are not eligible for “free” BLS/ACLS/PALS/NRP Provider and/or Recertification courses until 45 days from your current expiration date.

-TWO YEAR CERTIFICATION

Course Length: Approx 3.5 hours

Note: The Heartsaver CPR / AED Course is not recommended for people in or entering the medical profession.
Please see BLS for Healthcare Provider.

AHA - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

ACLS
Advanced Cardiac Life Support

ACLS is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care. It also covers airway management and related pharmacology. In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented. ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. Upon successful course completion, including demonstration of skills competency in all learning stations and passing the CPR and AED skills test, bag-mask ventilation skills test, a Megacode test and a written test, students receive an ACLS course completion card, valid for two years.

The ACLS Course includes;

Key changes in advanced cardiovascular life support, reflecting the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device and use of an (AED)
Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
Airway management
Related pharmacology
Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke
Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team
Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics

UH and Rutgers employees are only eligible for renewal for 45 days prior to your expiration date (as noted above).

If you fail to receive course confirmation via email, please check your SPAM/Junk folders. Retreving your course manual is a pre-requisite for this course.

In order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and students all participants must:

Be subject to COVID screening, including screening and temperature checks. Any student determined to be sick will not be permitted to participate in the training session
Don a face covering while in all UH owned and leased properties (provided)
Remain at least 6 feet distance from others at all times
Practice hand-hygiene at the start,and throughout the course
If you are sick, STAY HOME.

Employees of University Hospital and Rutgers are not eligible for “free” ACLS/PALS Provider courses when certification is current. (example, your current card is valid through the month you are taking a course, you are only eligible for a renewal program). Employees wishing to complete a two-day program can do so but are responsible for applicable employee rates, as listed on the website).

Course Format: 16 Hours (Over Two Days) Students MUST attend both days

AHA - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) RE CERTIFICATION

The ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving Basic Life Support (BLS) 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. Students may only register for the renewal course with a valid and up to date AHA ACLS card.

If you fail to receive course confirmation via email, please check your SPAM/Junk folders. Retreving your course manual is a pre-requisite for this course.

The ACLS Renewal course covers:

The ACLS Renewal course is a shorten version of the ACLS Initial course. You may register for the renewal course only if your card is still valid. In order to prove the card is valid, you must show up to the class with the original AHA ACLS card that is not expired. We will only honor the expiration date on the card until the end of the month it is set to expire on.

In order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and students all participants must:

Be subject to COVID screening, including screening and temperature checks. Any student determined to be sick will not be permitted to participate in the training session
Don a face covering while in all UH owned and leased properties (provided)
Remain at least 6 feet distance from others at all times
Practice hand-hygiene at the start,and throughout the course
If you are sick, STAY HOME.

UH and Rutgers employees are only eligible for renewal for 45 days prior to your expiration date (as noted above).

In order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and students all participants must:

Be subject to COVID screening, including screening and temperature checks. Any student determined to be sick will not be permitted to participate in the training session
Don a face covering while in all UH owned and leased properties (provided)
Remain at least 6 feet distance from others at all times
Practice hand-hygiene at the start,and throughout the course
If you are sick, STAY HOME.

Employees of University Hospital and Rutgers are not eligible for “free” BLS/ACLS/PALS/NRP Provider and/or Recertification courses until 45 days from your current expiration date.

AHA - Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

PALS
Pediatric Advanced Life Support

The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. These include personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirements. Students who successfully complete all components of the PALS Course, will receive a PALS Provider course completion card, valid for two years:

The PALS Course includes;

Key changes in pediatric advanced life support, reflecting the new science from the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
1- and 2-rescuer child CPR and AED use
1- and 2-rescuer infant CPR
Management of respiratory emergencies
Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy
Vascular access
Resuscitation team concept
Cardiac, respiratory and shock case discussions and simulations
Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessment

If you fail to receive course confirmation via email, please check your SPAM/Junk folders. Retreving your course manual is a pre-requisite for this course.

UH and Rutgers employees are only eligible for renewal for 45 days prior to your expiration date (as noted above).

In order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and students all participants must:

Be subject to COVID screening, including screening and temperature checks. Any student determined to be sick will not be permitted to participate in the training session
Don a face covering while in all UH owned and leased properties (provided)
Remain at least 6 feet distance from others at all times
Practice hand-hygiene at the start,and throughout the course
If you are sick, STAY HOME.

Employees of University Hospital and Rutgers are not eligible for “free” ACLS/PALS Provider courses when certification is current. (example, your current card is valid through the month you are taking a course, you are only eligible for a renewal program). Employees wishing to complete a two-day program can do so but are responsible for applicable employee rates, as listed on the website).

Course Format: 16 hours (Over Two Days) Students MUST attend both days

AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) RE CERTIFICATION

American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider Initial Course. Upon completion of this PALS class the health care provider will be able to understand how to recognize and prevent the common causes of pediatric injuries and emergencies that require resuscitation. You’ll understand how to recognize respiratory failure, shock, and cardiac arrest. You will also learn when to initiate advanced resuscitation with airway and ventilation control, vascular access, fluid and medication therapy, and how to identify and treat rhythm disturbances. Students may only register for the renewal course with a valid and up to date AHA PALS card.

If you fail to receive course confirmation via email, please check your SPAM/Junk folders. Retreving your course manual is a pre-requisite for this course.

UH and Rutgers employees are only eligible for renewal for 45 days prior to your expiration date (as noted above).

In order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and students all participants must:

Be subject to COVID screening, including screening and temperature checks. Any student determined to be sick will not be permitted to participate in the training session
Don a face covering while in all UH owned and leased properties (provided)
Remain at least 6 feet distance from others at all times
Practice hand-hygiene at the start,and throughout the course
If you are sick, STAY HOME.

Employees of University Hospital and Rutgers are not eligible for “free” BLS/ACLS/PALS/NRP Provider and/or Recertification courses until 45 days from your current expiration date.

The PALS Renewal course covers:

1 and 2 rescuer child/infant CPR and AED use
Management of respiratory emergencies
Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy
Vascular access
Resuscitation team concept
Cardiac, respiratory, and shock case discussions and stimulations
Systematic approach to pediatric assessment

American Heart Association/AAP - Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Course

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care of the Neonate. The NRP course format requires learners to study the material from the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 6th Edition, and successfully complete an online examination prior to attending the classroom portion of the course. Within 45 days of completion of the online examination, learners attend an interactive course in which learners demonstrate mastery of resuscitation skills in supervised Integrated Skills Stations and in resuscitation scenarios which use simulation and debriefing as an integral element of the learning experience. This program is intended for physicians, nurses, midwives, respiratory therapists, and paramedics involved in critical care or transport of neonates. You must have a valid HCP CPR card at time of class.

If you fail to receive course confirmation via email, please check your SPAM/Junk folders. Retreving your course manual is a pre-requisite for this course.

UH and Rutgers employees are only eligible for renewal for 45 days prior to your expiration date (as noted above).

In order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and students all participants must:

Be subject to COVID screening, including screening and temperature checks. Any student determined to be sick will not be permitted to participate in the training session
Don a face covering while in all UH owned and leased properties (provided)
Remain at least 6 feet distance from others at all times
Practice hand-hygiene at the start,and throughout the course
If you are sick, STAY HOME.

Employees of UH and Rutgers are not eligilbe for this training when you have at least 45 days on your current NRP certification. Employees wishing to complete the program earlier will be responsible for the applicable fees.

American Heart Association - BLS Instructor Course

The American Heart Association CPR Instructor Course is a two day course. Day one will be completed at home using the AHA BLS Essentials on-line course provided to you upon payment of the course. This program covers information on teaching and will take at least 5 hours to complete. Once complete you will print out a completion certificate. This certificate must be brought to classroom with you on the date of the class. Participants must posess a VALID/UNEXPIRED American Heart Association CPR for Healthcare Provider Card and provide a copy of certification upon payment for the course. Non AHA cards are not acceptable and cannot be accepted for this or any other AHA program.

Day two will be held at the University Hospital, Newark, NJ . Day two will cover information such as course organization, policies of both the AHA and University Hospital, administration of a course, advertising, equipment cleaning, changes in CPR and why they occur, skills testing, a written test and more.

At the completion of the the AHA Instructor course, students will still have to monitor courses at the UH Training Center, teach courses that will be monitored by our Training Center Faculty, and complete additional practical and written testing as set forth by the AHA and UH CTC.

The UH CTC reserves the right to refuse any/all Instructor candidates that do not meet the minimum qualifications. Reimbursement will NOT be provided for those students that fail testing or otherwise do not complete the training.

Course Fee: $295.00 for non affiliated parties

Course Fee for UH Employees: $195.00

Course Fee for RBHS Employees (Newark Campus only) $225.00

AHA - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - NBMC

ACLS
Cardiac Advanced Life Support

Rutgers Residents and UH employees are NOT eligible for this program.

The ACLS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in Adults. These include personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a ACLS course completion card for job or other requirements. Students who successfully complete all components of the ACLS Course, will receive a ACLS Provider course completion card, valid for two years:

The ACLS Course includes;

Key changes in advanced cardiovascular life support, reflecting the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device and use of an (AED)
Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
Airway management
Related pharmacology
Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke
Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team
Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics

Course Format: 16 hours (Over Two Days) Students MUST attend both days

Advanced Cardiac Life Support RE CERTIFICATION - NBMC

The ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving Basic Life Support (BLS) 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. Students may only register for the renewal course with a valid and up to date AHA ACLS card.

The ACLS Renewal course covers:

The ACLS Renewal course is a shorten version of the ACLS Initial course. You may register for the renewal course only if your card is still valid. In order to prove the card is valid, you must show up to the class with the original AHA ACLS card that is not expired. We will only honor the expiration date on the card until the end of the month it is set to expire on.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support - RE CERTIFICATION - NBMC

American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider Re Certification Course. Upon completion of this PALS class the health care provider will be able to understand how to recognize and prevent the common causes of pediatric injuries and emergencies that require resuscitation. You’ll understand how to recognize respiratory failure, shock, and cardiac arrest. You will also learn when to initiate advanced resuscitation with airway and ventilation control, vascular access, fluid and medication therapy, and how to identify and treat rhythm disturbances. Students may only register for the renewal course with a valid and up to date AHA PALS card.

The PALS Renewal course covers:

1 and 2 rescuer child/infant CPR and AED use
Management of respiratory emergencies
Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy
Vascular access
Resuscitation team concept
Cardiac, respiratory, and shock case discussions and stimulations
Systematic approach to pediatric assessment

AHA: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - NBMC

PALS
Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Rutgers Residents and UH employees are NOT eligible for this program.

The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. These include personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirements. Students who successfully complete all components of the PALS Course, will receive a PALS Provider course completion card, valid for two years:

The PALS Course includes;

Key changes in pediatric advanced life support, reflecting the new science from the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
1- and 2-rescuer child CPR and AED use
1- and 2-rescuer infant CPR
Management of respiratory emergencies
Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy
Vascular access
Resuscitation team concept
Cardiac, respiratory and shock case discussions and simulations
Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessment

Course Format: 16 hours (Over Two Days) Students MUST attend both days

Stop the Bleed for New Jersey Schools

This program is funded by a Homeland Security grant supporting employee's of New Jerseys Schools Districts.

Program Agenda:

This course is instructor led and delivered in 3 modules. Module 3 is an online demonstration. The program length is 3 hours. Students who complete this program and meet the instructor requirements of the Stop the Bleed Program (https://cms.bleedingcontrol.org/applicant/create) will be eligible to teach the program if they wish. There will be more information about becoming an instructor during the class.

Module 1: Introduction

Why this training is Important. An explanation of the Harford Consensus, and an introduction to your bleeding control kit.

Module 2: Treatment

Recognizing life threatening bleeding and the treatment of a life threating bleed for adults and children. This includes the following techniques: Direct Pressure, Tourniquets, Wound Packing, Hemostatic Agents, Compression Dressings, Chest and Abdominal injuries, the application of a chest seal, and Lifting and moving injured people.

Module 3: Online Demonstration

This includes self-application of a tourniquet, application of emergency trauma dressings, hemostatic gauze, wound packing, and chest seal using bleeding control simulators.

**Please Note: You must use your assigned school district email address and your school or district mailing address during registration**

American Heart Association - BLS for the Healthcare Provider and First Aid Course for Rutgers OT Program ONLY

THIS COURSE IS FOR THE RUTGERS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM ONLY

This course is NOT open to the public

American Heart Association - Basic Life Support and First Aid

An email will be sent with the particulars of the course upon succesful completion

Course tuition is NOT reimbursable, as outline in our course terms and condition

For questions, please contact Sandra Rogers @ Sandra.Rogers@Rutgers.edu and/or Dennis Boos boosde@uhnj.org

You must retreive your student manuals from our office at LEAST 48 hours prior to the start of the course, as outlined in your course confirmation email.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PMUniversity Hospital, Newark NJ

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Monday, November 15, 2021 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (full)University Hospital, Newark NJ - ADMC 15