2025 AHA Guidelines Science In-Service

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2025 AHA Guidelines Science In-Service

Original Release Date: 10/22/2025

Last Review Date: August 2025

Termination Date: 10/21/2028

Description
The 2025 AHA Guidelines Science In-Service is an online course designed to provide health care professionals information on new science and key changes published in the 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC.

This interactive, self-paced, multidisciplinary course offers a full overview of resuscitation science changes impacting basic, advanced, and pediatric life support.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the 2025 basic life support (BLS) science updates and their rationale
2. Describe the 2025 advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) science updates and their rationale
3. Describe the 2025 pediatric advanced life support (PALS) science updates and their rationale

Accreditation Terms
Joint Accreditation: 10/22/2025 – 10/21/2028

CAPCE: 10/22/2025 – 10/21/2028

AARC: N/A

Accreditation Statements

Joint Accreditation Statements
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The American Heart Association. The American Heart Association is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

AMA Credit Designation Statement - Physicians
The American Heart Association designates this activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPA Credit Acceptance Statement – Physician Associates
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician associates may receive a maximum of 0.50 hours of Category I credit for completing this program.

AANP Credit Acceptance Statement – Nurse Practitioners
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

ANCC Credit Designation Statement - Nurses
The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 0.50 contact hours.

ACPE Credit Designation Statement – Pharmacists
ACPE Credit: 0.50 Contact Hours. Universal Program Number: JA0000134-0000-25-037-H01-P

**ACPE Credit must be claimed within 30 days of participation. ACPE credit will no longer be available to claim after the 30-day period has elapsed.

Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 0.50 Advanced CEHs, activity number 25-AMHA-F3-0016.

By claiming CAPCE credit, the claimant acknowledges the following: I understand that the American Heart Association as a requirement of CAPCE accreditation will submit a record of my course completions to the CAPCE AMS. I further understand that my course completion records may be accessed by or shared with such regulators as state EMS offices, training officers, and NREMT on a password-protected, need-to-know basis. In addition, I understand that I may review my record of CAPCE-accredited course completions by contacting CAPCE.

Participation and Successful Completion
Successful completion of this CE activity includes the following:

1. Complete all portions of the online course and pass the post-test with at least a 71%
2. Complete the course evaluation
3. Receive the certificate/statement of credit

Disclosure Statement
All persons in a position to control educational content of a CE activity provided by the American Heart Association must disclose to the audience all financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The presence or absence of all financial relationships will be disclosed to the audience in activity materials. All unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed will also be disclosed to the audience. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

The following authors/faculty have declared NO financial interest(s) and/or affiliations:

David E. Slattery, MD
Tracy Stell, BSN, RN, CNML
John A. Erbayri, MS, NRP, CHSE
Sallie Johnson, PharmD, BCPS
Whitney Allen
Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACEP
Kaleigh Baxter
Julie Mallory, MBA
Erika Walton, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
Erik Soderberg, MS
Jeremy Dymond, RN
Julie Sell, MSN, RN, CEN
Amber Rodriguez, PhD
Melissa Mahgoub, PhD

This list represents the relationships that may be perceived as actual or reasonable conflicts of interest as reported on the Disclosure Questionnaire, which all AHA volunteers are required to complete and submit. The focus is on relevant financial relationships with commercial interests in the 24-month period preceding the time that the individual is being asked to assume a role controlling content:

N/A

Target Audiences
1. Physicians
2. Physician Associates
3. Nurse Practitioners
4. Nurses
5. Pharmacists
6. EMS

Accessibility Statement
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This course is for staff of healthcare institutions and EMS services who need a fast and convenient way to learn the latest resuscitation science and key changes published in the 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC.