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American Heart Association Training Center
Benchmark Medical Services,
LLC is an authorized American Heart Association Training Center.
Click here to see AHA course listings.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Changes
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
recently notified all of their accredited organizations that beginning June 1, 2011
contact hours can not be awarded for ACLS and PALS RENEWAL courses. This ruling is based on the rationale that renewal courses
do not change often or significantly and are meant to validate previously obtained knowledge, not to augment that knowledge.
This ruling only applies to renewal courses; initial provider courses will not be affected.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training
We support the American Heart Association's program to increase the chance of survival through delivering Heart courses
and promoting immediate access to AEDs. Let us facilitate a life-saving CPR, First Aid, and early access emergency
cardiac program in your workplace, church, school, or home.
National CPR/AED Awareness
Week
Nearly 2,000 messages were sent by AHA's You're the Cure
advocates in support of this bill which will further educate Americans about the necessity of CPR and AEDs. The bill's
intent is also to encourage states, cities, and towns to establish well-organized programs that provide CPR and AED training
and increase public access to AEDs. The resolution, which was introduced by Representatives Randy Kuhl (R-NY) and Dan Boren
(D-OK) and Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Russ Feingold (D-WI), passed by unanimous consent.
National CPR and AED Awareness Week will help shine a light on sudden
cardiac arrest (SCA). At least 164,000 Americans experience SCA outside of a hospital each year and more than 95 percent
of them die before reaching the hospital. But the good news is that quick application of proper CPR and defibrillation
can make a difference and save lives. In cities where defibrillation is provided within five to seven minutes, the survival
rate from sudden cardiac arrest is as high as 49 percent.
(The figures and percentages noted were accurate at the time the legislation was passed and in no way is intended to serve as an updated accounting. Due to the dynamics of this topic, please refer to the American Heart Association's web site: www.americanheart.org, for more up to date statistics.)
Please prayerfully remember the Medical, Fire, Law Enforcement, and Military Service Personnel and their families who have died serving us and our country.
