Certification remains valid for approximately two years. Certifications remain valid for two years. Contact your local AHA office for recertification information. Mornings will begin with quizzes and case presentations from students who had hospital rotations on the previous day. The rest of the morning will be devoted to lectures.
Afternoons are devoted to practical hands-on sessions and video taped simulations.
Expect five or six emergency rescue simulations with made-up victims and stage blood that will be video taped for enhanced learning. Evenings are reserved for case studies, clinical rotations and assignments. Ambulance rotations may also be required. Topics include patient assessment, body systems, equipment improvisation, trauma, oxygen administration, automatic defibrillation, environmental medicine, toxins, backcountry medicine and wilderness rescue. You will also need pens, a notebook and possibly a sleeping bag.