Online BLS/ACLS certification

Has anyone used emergencycourses.com for BLS or ACLS certification? Would you recommend it? Do you feel like you learned the skills well enough online as opposed to in-person?

Could you recommend any other places offering these certifications online?

Would it be a good idea or not worth it for a new nursing student to get ACLS certified?
Most employers will not accept online CPR or ACLS. You're better off buying a book and studying it yourself. Your best bet would be to start with a telemetry class. ACLS will be no good if you have no clue what rhythm you're seeing.

You realize it says 80% online/20% hands on. So you still have to do the megacodes/skills portion in person.That's how my facility does it - it's through AHA, but you go through all the lessons online, take the test, print out your completed certificate and bring it with you to the skills lab.No AHA-approved certification will be 100% online. You still always have to do the skills checkoff in person somewhere.

Most facilities only accept AHA because they require demonstration of skills. AHA does have an online course, but it must be followed up with competency demonstration or you will not get certified (no card).BTW, our facility prefers new grads do NOT have ACLS. They need to concentrate on learning other things at first and do not have the experience to make those critical decisions.

classicdame...that is interesting and good info...so getting ACLS certified would be something to put off until later it sounds like.

Quote from scrubbeeclassicdame...that is interesting and good info...so getting ACLS certified would be something to put off until later it sounds like.

OK. Good to know. Thanks for the info guys.