Certification Courses for ems & healthcare providers
Life EMS Ambulance Education Centre is a State of Michigan licensed Proprietary School and is fully certified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to instruct EMS certification and recertification courses. These include Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC), and Basic Life Support (BLS) classes. Our courses are comprehensive as-is and can also be tailored to your local EMS protocols. Contact us for details.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
The AHA’s ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR, reflecting science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). This course is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies and for personnel in emergency response.
If your provider license is expired, or this is your first time taking the course, please email education@lifeems.com prior to enrolling for ACLS.
Grand Rapids:
- April 4, 2025 9:00am
- May 2, 2025 9:00am
- June 6, 2025 9:00am
Kalamazoo:
- May 7, 2025 9:00am
- October 1, 2025 9:00am
Lake County (Baldwin Station):
- April 4, 2025 9:00am
Newaygo County (Fremont Station):
- September 5, 2025 9:00am
Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC)
Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) is an educational program developed by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT). This course is available to all medically licensed personnel (MFR, EMT, Paramedic, Nurse, Physician Assistant, and Physician) working in or with the EMS profession. All Advanced EMT and Paramedics that register for this course are eligible to participate in the CE practical for Pediatric Medication Administration to receive one practical credit. This portion is at the end of the EPC course and has no extra fees associated with it if you are enrolled in EPC.
If you would like the Pediatric Medication Administration CE course only, please email education@lifeems.com. The cost is $45.
Life EMS offers a hybrid EPC course. At your convenience you will complete about 8 hours of online (didactic) training, then come in for an eight hour skills day to complete the course. This hybrid course requires that you have a computer and internet access.
2025 upcoming classes:
Grand Rapids:
- April 11, 2025 9:00am
- May 9, 2025 9:00am
- June 13, 2025 9:00am
- July 18, 2025 9:00am
- August 8, 2025 9:00am
- September 12, 2025 9:00am
- October 10, 2025 9:00am
- November 14, 2025 9:00am
- December 12, 2025 9:00am
Kalamazoo:
- April 9, 2025 9:00am
- June 4, 2025 9:00am
- September 10, 2025 9:00am
- November 5, 2025 9:00am
Lake County (Baldwin Station):
- TBA
Newaygo County (Fremont Station):
- May 2, 2025 9:00am
Mason County (Ludington Station):
- October 17, 2025 9:00am
Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
PHTLS courses provide a prehospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the need to treat the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. This may require an approach to the trauma patient that varies from traditional treatment modalities. PHTLS courses are based on Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), a course for physicians developed by the American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma. More importantly, the PHTLS course follows the principles of care of trauma patients as developed by the Committee on Trauma.
Life EMS offers a hybrid PHTLS course. At your convenience you will complete about 8 hours of online (didactic) training, then come in for an eight-hour skills day to complete the course. This hybrid course requires that you have a computer and internet access.
2025 upcoming classes:
Grand Rapids:
- March 21, 2025 9:00am **This class is full**
- April 18, 2025 9:00am
- May 16, 2025 9:00am
- June 20, 2025 9:00am
- July 25, 2025 9:00am
- August 15, 2025 9:00am
- September 19, 2025 9:00am
- October 17, 2025 9:00am
- November 21, 2025 9:00am
- December 19, 2025 9:00am
Kalamazoo:
- March 5, 2025 9:00am – Kalamazoo
- August 6, 2025 9:00am – Kalamazoo
- December 3, 2025 9:00am – Kalamazoo
Lake County (Baldwin Station):
- TBA
Mason County (Ludington Station):
- March 21, 2025 9:00am
Newaygo County (Fremont Station):
- August 15, 2025 9:00am
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
The PALS Provider Course aims to improve outcomes for pediatric patients by preparing healthcare providers to effectively recognize and intervene in patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high‐performance team dynamics and high‐quality individual skills. The course includes a series of case scenario practices with simulations that reinforce important concepts.
Life EMS is offering a Heart Code PALS Course. This blended learning option allows students to complete the eLearning segment, prior to your arrival for a in-person Skills test. This hybrid course requires that you have a computer and internet access. All Advanced EMT and Paramedics that register for this course are eligible to participate in the CE practical for Pediatric Medication Administration to receive one practical credit. This portion is held at the end of the PALS course and has no extra fees associated with it if you are enrolled in PALS.
The eLearning course link will be emailed directly to the student 2 weeks prior to their scheduled Skills Session. No books are needed for this course option. For additional questions please email our Training Center Coordinator: mcook@lifeems.com.
Grand Rapids:
- See upcoming Class dates by selecting Enroll In A Class below.
Advanced Stroke Life Support (ASLS)
The AHA’s ASLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving skills; aiming to educate prehospital and in hospital healthcare providers to optimize the identification, evaluation and treatment of patients with acute stroke, and identify the five main stroke syndromes and relate them to pathophysiology and clinical signs. The course objective is to explain the importance of an organized approach to treating patients with stroke for improved patient outcomes, and describe the management goals also.
This course meets the education requirements for Stroke Center Certification.
The course is divided into two sections: eLearning modules and an in person skills evaluation. Life EMS offers a blended learning ASLS course. At your convenience you will complete about 8 hours of online (didactic) training, then come in for a skills day to complete the course. This hybrid course requires that you have a computer and internet access.
Upcoming Classes (GR ONLY):
- View upcoming Class dates by selecting the Enroll In A Class tab below
ACLS Instructor Course
The ACLS Instructor Course certifies the participant upon completion to teach AHA Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) courses in both instructor-led and blended-learning course formats.
This Instructor Essentials course educates participants on how to adequately use instructor teaching materials, ensure that students meet learning objectives, offer student coaching skills, provide an objective skills performance evaluation, and follow AHA Instructor and course policies. Interested students must hold a current ACLS provider card.
Upcoming Classes:
- TBD, 9am – Grand Rapids
