Gauteng, South Africa

Advanced Life Support Training for Healthcare Professionals

The aim of the Academy of Advanced Life Support is to help registered Doctors, Nurses and Advanced Life Support Paramedics, regardless of their level of skill and knowledge, improve their understanding, ability and confidence with respect to the techniques of resuscitation and emergency care.

About AALS

Built on a Lifetime of Emergency Medicine

Professor Walter Kloeck founded AALS after decades at the forefront of resuscitation science — shaping national and international standards for emergency cardiovascular care.

Professor Walter Kloeck's post-graduate medical career started in 1978 with an intense interest in Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. He has devoted his life to raising the standard of emergency care both in South Africa and world-wide.

Walter has served as a Reviewer and Editorial Board Member of Resuscitation — the official journal of the European Resuscitation Council — for over 12 years. In recognition of his sustained international contribution, he was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the ERC in 2008, and in 2010 received the inaugural Fellowship of the European Resuscitation Council (FERC) at the Resuscitation Congress in Porto. He is the first person in the southern hemisphere to hold both honours.

He has personally presented over 1,000 ACLS and 600 PALS courses on behalf of the American Heart Association, and was awarded International Fellowship of the AHA (FAHA) in 2011. The University of the Witwatersrand has also conferred the title Honorary Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine in recognition of over 25 years of dedicated service.

1988 Co-founded the Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa — Chairman for over 20 years

ILCOR Co-founder of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, representing all major Resuscitation Councils worldwide

EMSSA Co-founder of the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa and Inaugural President of the College of Emergency Medicine of South Africa

3,750+ Citations across 80 international peer-reviewed publications on resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care

Our Faculty

World-Class Instructors

Internationally qualified and world leaders in emergency cardiovascular care.

Professor Walter G J Kloeck

Medical Director

MB,BCh(Wits) · DipPEC(SA) · FCEM(SA) · FERC(Belg) · FAHA (USA)

MB,BCh(Wits), DipPEC(SA), FCEM(SA), FERC(Belg), FAHA (USA)

Registered Specialist in Emergency Medicine
Hon. Adjunct Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand
Medical Director, Academy of Advanced Life Support
Hon. Life President, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa
Past President, College of Emergency Medicine of South Africa
Co-author of 80 international publications and 3,750 citations relating to resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care

Darren Ajoodha

Lead Instructor

B.A. Psychology · Master’s in Adult Education · ALS Paramedic (20 years)

Lead Instructor, Academy of Advanced Life Support
National Training Manager (Emergency Medicine), Life Healthcare Hospital Group (former)
Chapter Coordinator for International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) in South Africa
National Faculty for BLS, ACLS, ACLS-EP, and PALS — Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa
20 years clinical experience in-hospital and pre-hospital (public and private sectors)
Teaching Emergency Care and Resuscitation skills since 1997

Courses

Courses We Offer

AHA-accredited and HPCSA-approved courses for registered healthcare professionals in Gauteng and wider South Africa.

BLS Provider Course

For any healthcare worker with a professional or voluntary duty to respond to a cardiac or respiratory emergency. Mandatory prerequisite for ACLS, PALS and ANLS.

5 hours11 CEUs

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider (ACLS)

For registered medical or dental practitioners, interns, professional nurses and ALS paramedics. Requires a valid AHA BLS Certificate.

2½ days30 CEUs

ACLS for Experienced Providers (ACLS-EP)

For professionals with a current AHA ACLS certificate. Intense, case-based training covering advanced airway, pharmacology, arrhythmias, toxicology and more.

2 days30 CEUs

Paediatric Advanced Life Support Provider (PALS)

For registered healthcare professionals with a valid BLS certificate. Covers systematic assessment, respiratory emergencies, arrhythmias and shock in children.

2 days30 CEUs

Advanced Medical Life Support for Doctors (AMLS)

For medical practitioners managing acute or life-threatening medical emergencies. Covers ECG interpretation, chest X-ray, blood gas analysis and clinical pharmacology.

2 days30 CEUs

ECG Recognition and Interpretation

For healthcare professionals who need to recognise and interpret life-threatening cardiac rhythms and provide emergency pharmacological interventions.

1 day9 CEUs

Advanced Neonatal Life Support (NRP)

Evidence-based Neonatal Resuscitation Program by the AHA for professionals whose roles may involve participating in the resuscitation of a newborn.

1 day18 CEUs

ACLS Refresher Course

A renewal course for healthcare professionals whose AHA ACLS Provider Certificate is about to expire. Includes mandatory online pre-course preparation.

1 day30 CEUs

PALS Refresher Course

A renewal course for healthcare professionals whose AHA PALS Provider Certificate is about to expire. Includes mandatory online pre-course preparation.

1 day30 CEUs

International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)

For any registered medical professional expected to assess and manage acute trauma. Both basic and advanced versions available. Internationally certified.

2 days23 CEUs

Ready to register for a course?

Contact our registrations team to book your place. Pre-course study materials are provided upon registration.