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Hospital employees must show their hospital ID badge to receive a certification.

To ensure a positive learning environment for all, please do not bring children or pets to class.

AMRM/CRM (Annual)

CARE FLIGHT EMPLOYEES ONLY: Annual CRM/AMRM Training with Med-Trans.

Upon Completion of this class the participant will be able to:

  • Review the importance and principles of effective communication in the air medical enviornment
  • Discuss the factors that contribute to increased risk
  • Learn effective ways to mitigate those factor and improve safety

 

Upon completion of NVG Training

  • Employee will be recertified for 12 months for NVG Ops
  • Employee will learn proper inspection, setup, deployment and storage of NVG's
  • Employee will learn to identify "Go", "No Go", malfunctions with equipment
Car Seat Inspection

REMSA’s Point of Impact program offers free appointment slots for car seat education and installation. Car seats are NOT provided at appointments—you must have a car seat to make an appointment.  You may bring your child to the appointment, though it is not required.  Appointments are held at the REMSA Center for Prehospital Education, 400 Edison Way, Suite B. 

For your appointment, please park in a handicapped spot if one is available, or under the trees across from the entrance.

 

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Description: The ACLS Provider Course provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest. Providers are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: a respiratory emergency, four types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA and asystole), four types of prearrest emergencies (bradychardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia and acute coronary syndromes) and stroke.

Audience: Personnel staffing emergency, intensive care or critical care departments; emergency medical providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency.

Please Bring: Current ACLS Provider Manual and completed mandatory pre-test certificate. Every student must come to class with a current provider manual. Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $35.00. Please contact us at 775-353-0772 for more information.

Prerequisites: Current valid Healthcare Provider CPR card and a completed mandatory pre-course exam. The pretest can be accessed by going to http://www.heart.org/eccstudent and enter the code acls15.  You must pass the pre-test with a 70% or better to be allowed access into the class.  If you are unable to print your pre-test, please take a picture of it to include your name, date, and score; email it to yourself, then arrive early to print from our computer lab.

 

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Recert


Description: The ACLS Provider Course provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest. Providers are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: a respiratory emergency, four types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA and asystole), four types of prearrest emergencies (bradychardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia and acute coronary syndromes) and stroke.

Audience: Personnel staffing emergency, intensive care or critical care departments; emergency medical providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency.

Please Bring: Current ACLS Provider Manual and completed mandatory pre-test. Every student must come to class with a current provider manual. Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $35.00. Please contact us at 775-353-0772 for more information.  You must bring your current AHA ACLS provider card, or a copy of your provider card, when checking into the class.
 
Prerequisites: Current valid  AHA ACLS Provider certification, and a completed mandatory pre-course exam. The pretest can be accessed by going to http://www.heart.org/eccstudent and enter the code acls15. You must pass the mandatory pre-test with a 70% or better to be allowed access into the class.  If you are unable to print your pre-test, please take a picture of it to include your name, date, and score; email it to yourself, then arrive early to print from our computer lab.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Prep Course

Course Description

Specifically designed to address a key knowledge gap in Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Pharmacology, the American Heart Association’s Adult ECG and Pharmacology Course is a program focused on specific ECG recognition skills and drug treatment knowledge. This is a pre-course option for ACLS students and other healthcare providers, and is also for ACLS students who need to improve after the ACLS pre-course self-assessment test.

The course is divided into two modules – one for ECG and one for Pharmacology – which can be taught together or separately, depending on the need. Skills taught in the ECG module include heart anatomy, basic electrophysiology, normal ECG measurements and basic arrhythmias. The Pharmacology module covers basic ACLS drugs and usage; drugs, doses and routes of administration during cardiovascular emergencies; and integrating basic drug pharmacology into ACLS algorithms

ECG & Pharmacology Student Workbook ECC Handbook is provided.  Please pick up your student workbook in advance.
 
Audience

For a variety of healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, paramedics, residents, respiratory therapists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinical pharmacists and ECG technicians. 

Course description provided by American Heart Association®

Prerequisites
Current valid Healthcare Provider CPR card

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

 


 

BLS CPR for Healthcare Providers


The American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers Course covers core material including adult and pediatric CPR (including two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag mask), foreign-body airway obstruction, and automated external defibrillation.


Intended Audience:
For healthcare providers such as EMS personnel, physician assistants, doctors, dentists, nurses, respiratory therapists and anyone who must have a credential (card) documenting successful completion of a CPR course. Course description provided by American Heart Association®

American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Student Manual  is provided in class.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

BLS CPR for Healthcare Providers Recertification

Description: The American Heart Association’s BLS for Healthcare Providers Recertification course reviews core materials such as adult and pediatric CPR (including two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag-valve-mask), foreign-body airway obstruction, and automated external defibrillation. Participants will be required to complete a combination of hands-on skills practice, skills testing, and written exam to successfully complete this course.

 

Intended Audience: This course is intended for currently certified healthcare providers such as EMS personnel, physician assistants, doctors, dentists, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied healthcare professionals who are required to recertify a current AHA BLS certification. YOUR CERTIFICATION MUST BE CURRENT AND NOT EXPIRED, PROOF WILL BE REQUESTED UPON ENTRANCE TO THE CLASS.

 

There is NO online pre-course portion for this course.

 

Please bring: Current valid American Heart Association BLS Provider CPR card/eCard and current AHA student manual to the course.  Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $13.00. Please contact us at 775-353-0772 for more information. 

Course description provided by American Heart Association®

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

Heartsaver CPR and AED

This is a community course and is open to all participants

 

Description: The Heartsaver AED Course teaches one-rescuer CPR, Automated External Defibrillator use, and relief of choking in adults, children, and infants. The use of barrier devices for all ages will also be covered.


Intended Audience:  This course is intended for those who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements or those interested in learning how to respond in the event of an emergency.

This community course is open to all participants. Course description provided by American Heart Association® 

Student Manual is provided in class.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

 

Heartsaver CPR, AED, and First Aid

This is a community course and is open to all participants

 

Description: The Heartsaver First Aid Course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Course content includes Rescuer Safety, Recognition of Emergencies, General Principles, Medical Emergencies, and Injury Emergencies. CPR and AED, and Environmental Emergencies will also be covered in this course.


Intended Audience:For those who have a duty to respond to a first aid or cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements or anyone interested in learning how to respond to various illnesses and injuries. This community course is open to all participants. Course description provided by American Heart Association®
Student Manual is provided in class.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

Kid Care

Description: The Kid Care Babysitting class is designed to teach adolescents the basics of caring for young children. Techniques for setting up babysitting opportunities, diaper changes, bottle-feeding, ABC's of safe sleep, playtime activities, and taking charge of situations while babysitting are covered. The course also includes pediatric first aid and CPR training.

Audience: For those interested in babysitting for young children. Average age for this course is between 12 and 15 years old. Minimum age is 10 years old.

Courses held at REMSA include lunch (not a beverage), student manual and course completion card. Courses at other locations do not include lunch.  Please contact REMSA if you have questions.  Please complete and bring the attached release form and a beverage or money for the vending machine. Any questions please contact us at (775)353-0772 or remsaedu@remsa-cf.com

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

Kid Care Release Form

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Description: Designed to aid the pediatric healthcare provider in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage critically ill infants and children, resulting in improved outcomes.

Audience: For pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who initiate and direct advanced life support in pediatric emergencies. Course description provided by American Heart Association®

Please Bring: Current PALS Provider Manual and completed pre-test. Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $40.00.For questions, please contact us at 775-353-0772. The pretest can be found by following this link www.heart.org/eccstudent and entering the code pals15.  You must pass the pre-test with a 70% or better to be allowed access into the class.  If you are unable to print your pre-test, please take a picture of it to include your name, date, and score; then arrive early to print from out computer lab.

Please remember to print your results and bring them with you to class. 

Prerequisites:
Current valid Healthcare Provider CPR card and a completed pre-course exam.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

 

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Recert


Description: Designed to aid the pediatric healthcare provider in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage critically ill infants and children, resulting in improved outcomes.

Audience: For pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who initiate and direct advanced life support in pediatric emergencies. Course description provided by American Heart Association®

Please Bring: Current PALS Provider Manual and completed pre-test. Every student must come to class with a current provider manual and completed pre-test. Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $40.00. Contact us at 775-353-0772 for more information. The pretest can be found by following this link www.heart.org/eccstudent and entering the code pals15.  You must pass the pre-test with a 70% or better to be allowed access into the class.  If you are unable to print your pre-test, please take a picture of it to include your name, date, and score; email it to yourself, then plan on arriving early to print from our computer lab.

You must bring your current AHA PALS provider card, or a copy of your provider card, when checking into the class.

Please remember to print your pre-test results and bring them with you to class.

Prerequisites: Current valid AHA PALS Provider card and a completed pre-course exam.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)

Description: PHTLS is based on the philosophy stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. The 16-hour course emphasizes physiology of life and death, scene assessment, patient assessment, airway, breathing, ventilation and oxygenation, circulation, hemorrhage and shock, patients with disabilities, and patient simulations.

 

Audience: EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians and other prehospital care practitioners.

 

Please Bring: Every student must come to class with a current provider manual. Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $60.00. Please contact us at 775-353-0772 for more information.

 

Prerequisites:  Current PHTLS Provider Manual and completed mandatory pre-test.   If you are unable to print your pre-test, please take a picture of it to include your name, date, and score; then arrive early to print from our computer lab.

 

Please bring: the current PHTLS Provider Manual and Completed pre-test to be allowed access into the class.  If you are unable to print your pre-test, please take a picture of it to include your name, and date then arrive early to print from our computer lab.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

 PHTLS Pretest

Prehospital Trauma Life Support Recert (PHTLS)

Description: PHTLS is based on the philosophy stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. The 8-hour course is for individuals who have successfully completed the PHTLS Provider or ITLS Provider course within the past 4 years. PHTLS Recert emphasizes physiology of life and death, scene assessment, patient assessment, airway, breathing, ventilation and oxygenation, circulation, hemorrhage and shock, patients with disabilities, and patient simulations. 

 

Audience: EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians and other prehospital care practitioners.

 

Please Bring: Every student must come to class with a current provider manual. Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $60.00. Please contact us at 775-353-0772 for more information.

 

Prerequisites:  Current PHTLS Provider Manual and completed mandatory pre-test.   If you are unable to print your pre-test, please take a picture of it to include your name, date, and score; then arrive early to print from our computer lab.

 

Please bring: the current PHTLS Provider Manual and Completed pre-test to be allowed access into the class.  If you are unable to print your pre-test, please take a picture of it to include your name, and date then arrive early to print from our computer lab.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

PHTLS Pretest

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)

The Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) program is based on the principles of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) and meets the guidelines  established by the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (CoTECC). The course teaches civilian tactical EMS; any EMS practitioner called upon to respond to a mass casualty or active shooter event.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

 

Emergency Medical Responder Refresher Course


Course Description: The Emergency Medical Responder Refresher Course is an Emergency Medical Service Course (previously First Responder). This program was developed to provide highly trained individuals with a refresher covering the skills necessary to begin assessing and caring for patients at the scene of an injury or illness. As an Emergency Medical Responder, you are considered a part of the EMS System. The care and treatment that you will be able to provide will follow local, state, and national guidelines. At the conclusion to this course you will be able to access the EMS system, evaluate a patient and complete a basic assessment, lift or move the patient when required, transfer a patient to a higher leve of care, and know how to obtain patient information.

Includes BLS Provider CPR recertification, BBP training, and State application fees. Please bring current EMR student manual.  This 2 day, 16 hour course meets the renewal requirements for current State of Nevada EMR's.

Audience: Park rangers, utility workers, teachers, childcare workers, school bus drivers, designated industrial workers in a large facility (industrial plant) or at a remote site (fish-packing plant, commercial vessel, oil rig), truck drivers, security guards, bodyguards, general aviation pilots, commercial flight attendants, sports coaches, athletic trainers, hunting and fishing guides, search and rescue personnel, community and campus responders, lifeguards and Ski Patrollers.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 


 

International Trauma Life Support

Course Description: Advanced ITLS is a comprehensive course for EMT-P's, trauma nurses, physicians and other advanced EMS personnel. The ITLS Advanced course covers the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and transportation of trauma patients , using as its core, the ITLS Basic Course. The 16-hour course emphasizes evaluation steps and sequencing and techniques for resuscitation and packaging a patient. Hands-on stations include: basic and advanced airway, chest decompression and fluid resuscitation, spinal restriction/rapid extrication, short back board, helmet management, log roll and long back board, traction splints, patient assessment and management.

If you are a current ITLS provider, you can enroll in the PHTLS recert course.

Course description provided by International Trauma Life Support®

Please Bring: Current ITLS Provider Manual and completed pre-test. Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $45.00 and a link to the pre-test is found below and in the registration confirmation email. Contact us at (775)353-0772 or remsaedu@remsa-cf.com for more information.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 


 ITLS Pre-Test

International Trauma Life Support Recert

Course Description: Advanced ITLS is a comprehensive course for EMT-P's, trauma nurses, physicians and other advanced EMS personnel. The ITLS Advanced course covers the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and transportation of trauma patients , using as its core, the ITLS Basic Course. The 8-hour recertification course emphasizes evaluation steps and sequencing and techniques for resuscitation and packaging a patient. Hands-on stations include: basic and advanced airway, chest decompression and fluid resuscitation, spinal restriction/rapid extrication, short back board, helmet management, log roll and long back board, traction splints, patient assessment and management.

If you are a current ITLS provider, you can enroll in the PHTLS recert course.

Course description provided by International Trauma Life Support®

Please Bring: Current ITLS Provider Manual and completed pre-test. Manuals are available for purchase at REMSA Education for $45.00 and a link to the pre-test is found in the registration confirmation email. Contact us at (775)353-0772 or remsaedu@remsa-cf.com for more information.

 

Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day.  We will contact you via email and phone.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.

 

If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time.  Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.

 

ITLS Pre-Test

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