Basic Life Support for Continuing Education
Continuing education credit for completing ONE of the courses listed below per registration period is allowed. The CPR, BLS, ACLS or EMT course must be sponsored by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute or the National Safety Council to be acceptable toward the continuing education requirement for pharmacists. Each course can count towards a certain amount of credits. The card that is issued upon completion of an approved CPR, BLS, ACLS or EMT course should be retained as proof for continuing education credit.
- You may count an initial CPR course for up to five hours of continuing education; a CPR recertification course is worth up to three hours.
- An initial BLS course can be used for up to five hours of continuing education; BLS recertification is worth up to three hours.
- An initial ACLS course is eligible for up to twelve hours and ACLS recertification is worth up to six hours.
- An initial EMT Basic course can count for up to ten hours and EMT Basic recertification for up to five hours of continuing education.