Below is a list of the ECC Programs offered. Click on a program name to view the description.

  • Heartsaver - This 4-hour entry-level course offers guidelines for adult one-rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and choking.

  • Heartsaver/Automatic External Defribillator - This 4-hour Heartsaver Automated external defibrillator (AED) course teaches the basic techniques of adult CPR and use of an automated external defibrillator.

  • Heartsaver First Aid - HFA is a new program created by the American Heart Association which combines Adult CPR with First Aid procedures.

  • Heartsaver Adult and Child - A 6-hour CPR program teaching CPR for adults and children (including infants), including how to make an enviroment safe for children.

  • BCLS Healthcare Professional - The 8-hour BLS Healthcare Provider course is designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals who respond to cardiac and respiratory emergencies, including two-rescuer CPR and automated external defibrillation.

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support - The 16-hour Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course presents the skills and didactic information needed to manage advanced cardiac arrest therapy, events that may lead to a cardiac arrest, and events that follow a cardiac arrest. The core of this course is the evaluation and management of the first 10 minutes of a witnessed, adult, ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest.

  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support - The goal of the 16-hour Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course is to provide the participant with (1) information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest; (2) information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children; and (3) the cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock, or cardiopulmonary arrest.

    Refresher Programs

    Phelps offers a comprehensive line of refresher programs for all of our ECC programs.

    Instructor Programs


    For experienced providers, Phelps offers instructional programs for:
    • BCLS Healthcare Professional
    • PALS
    • ACLS
    • Heartsaver
    • First Aid

      These programs teach the fundamentals of presenting emergency medical education to an audience. Prior certification and experience is necessary.