Advanced Life Support Courses

Revised and approved by the ACEP Board of Directors titled, "Advanced Life Support Courses" February 2009
Originated as Council Resolution CR29 titled, "American Heart Association ACLS Course." Approved, with the same title, as a policy statement by the ACEP Board of Directors October 2002  

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) believes that education and instructional tools, such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and other similar courses are guidelines and are not standards of care.