How BLS Certification Can Boost Your Child Care Career
As a child care professional, your primary responsibility is ensuring the safety and well-being of the children under your care. When parents entrust you with their child, they expect a secure environment where their child can learn, play, and grow. In this dynamic environment, being prepared for any situation becomes crucial. One essential way to…
Enhancing Your Role as a Lifeguard: The Importance of BLS Training
Few roles can match the combination of excitement, responsibility, and satisfaction that comes with being a lifeguard. At its core, lifeguarding is a profession committed to ensuring safety and preventing accidents in aquatic environments. It involves vigilance, quick responses, and a solid understanding of lifesaving techniques. Yet, to truly excel and make a significant difference…
Maximizing Fitness Instructor Skills with BLS Certification
My friend Sarah, a seasoned nurse, once told me a story of an early morning gym incident. A regular at a local spin class had collapsed during a session. The fitness instructor, who was also BLS-certified, instantly recognized the signs of cardiac arrest and started following the BLS protocols. He initiated chest compressions and directed…
Why Parents Need BLS Training
Being a parent comes with an immense responsibility, including ensuring the safety and well-being of your children. One way to be prepared for emergencies is by getting trained in Basic Life Support (BLS). At United Medical Education, we provide free BLS training that can equip parents with vital life-saving skills. Let’s delve into why BLS…
Nurse’s Guide to Basic Life Support (BLS)
As a nurse, you’ve chosen a career devoted to the welfare of others, to saving lives, and to making a difference. It’s a noble pursuit, but it also comes with a significant amount of responsibility. One crucial component of this responsibility is Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. In this guide, we’ll explore why BLS is…
How Do I Access BLS Online Courses?
For health professionals and aspiring caregivers, the need for quality, accessible training is especially significant. That’s where we come in. At United Medical Education, we’ve made it our mission to provide comprehensive, easy-to-navigate Basic Life Support (BLS) online courses. From the comfort of your home, you can now access our BLS training courses, prepare with…
Top Tips for Passing the BLS Training Exam
As a key player in the medical training landscape, United Medical Education remains committed to your success. We’re not just an online learning platform – we’re your partner in preparing for critical life-saving certifications. Today, we want to share some valuable tips to help you pass the Basic Life Support (BLS) training exam. 1. Understand…
Best and Worst Foods for Your Cardiovascular Health
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in America and around the world. It accounts for nearly one-third of deaths worldwide regardless of gender, race, and ethnicity. The number is staggering. It is estimated that about 659,000 people die from heart disease annually, resulting in one person dying every 36 seconds. We need to work…
How to Keep a Healthy Heart While Working from Home
The landscape of how we work and live has drastically changed, which in the past two years has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic – leading to interruptions of transportation, worldwide adoption of teleconferencing, and social distancing to curb fears of outbreaks. All these changes ushered in a new era of hybrid lifestyles of how…
Free ACLS Certification Online for New and Experienced Students
We offer free ACLS certification online training to students who need to review Advanced Cardiac Life Support algorithms and protocols. All you need to do is build your free student account and you’ll have instant access to all of our training materials. We want our students to learn and explore prior to making a purchase…
Are Online ACLS Courses Legitimate?
While some employers may only be familiar with specific brands offering Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), accredited online ACLS courses are legitimate regardless of which company provides the training. Here at United Medical Education (UME) we have been providing accredited online ACLS courses for over a decade. As the industry leader in virtual training in…
Compare the Best ACLS Group Rates
Even though the overall survival rate statistics for out-of-hospital CPR intervention has improved over the last several years, successful resuscitation levels are still poor. This largely depends on the competence of the individual performing the life saving algorithms and other important factors, such as witnessing the collapse and the time it takes for a rescuer…