Our Course Offerings
12 Lead EKG Interpretation
This four hour interactive course is designed for the healthcare professional not familiar with the application and interpretation of the diagnostic EKG. Topics such as STEMI, bundle branch blocks and axis deviation will be covered. MSTS's faculty has designed a fun, easy program that guarantees the learner to walk away with a working knowledge of the diagnostic EKG.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support for the Experienced Provider (ACLS-EP)
This course provides a stimulus for professionals to identify areas in resuscitation that deal with special considerations. This course allows for provider renewals and provides registered nurses four hours of continuing education credit. Peri-arrest situations and rapid response team (RRT) functionally are two focuses of this advanced renewal course.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
This course emphasizes the importance of basic life support (BLS), integration of effective BLS with ACLS interventions, and effective team interaction and communication during resuscitation.
All American Heart Association courses offer the option of completing the Heartcode portion online. MSTS Inc. can provide the skills check required for these courses. Please contact us for further information.
Basic EKG Interpretation
This four hour course is designed for the provider in the application, placement, and interpretation of the basic non-diagnostic EKG. This course is perfect for those who intend on taking an advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) class and need the necessary knowledge to successfully navigate the course.
Basic Life Support (BLS)
In this classroom course, healthcare professionals learn to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR to victims of all ages, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely, and effective manner.
All American Heart Association courses offer the option of completing the Heartcode portion online. MSTS Inc. can provide the skills check required for these courses. Please contact us for further information.
Child & Babysitting Safety (CABS)
The Child and Babysitting Safety program is a community education program that covers child safety and basic care techniques for infants and children. CABS stresses the priority to keep you and the children you care for safe. Babysitting is not just "watching" the children, but being responsible for their safety and well being. When you are caring for a child, you are taking care of a parent(s) most prized possession. Everything in their home and your own home can be replaced—everything, that is, except a child.
Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED
This classroom course teaches basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift and giving compressions and breaths. This course also includes first-aid and basic airway management and satisfies the regulatory requirements for lifeguards and the United States Coast Guard.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
This course uses a scenario-based, team approach to teach pediatric emergency respiratory management or cardiac arrest.
All American Heart Association courses offer the option of completing the Heartcode portion online. MSTS Inc. can provide the skills check required for these courses. Please contact us for further information.
NAEMT Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
NAEMT's PreHospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care. PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program. PHTLS is the global gold standard in prehospital trauma education and is taught in 64 countries. PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers. PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.
NAEMT Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) remains the gold standard of education for emergency medical assessment and treatment. Endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians, AMLS emphasizes the use of the AMLS Assessment Pathway, a systematic tool for assessing and managing common medical conditions with urgent accuracy.
In the third edition of AMLS, students learn to recognize and manage common medical crises through realistic case-based scenarios that challenge students to apply their knowledge to highly critical patients. The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, first impression, history, interactive group discussion on differential diagnosis and potential treatment strategies, and physical exam to systematically rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients' medical crises. The third edition AMLS library of patient simulations offers students an opportunity to apply critical thinking skills to a variety of patient presentations.
Bloodborne Pathogens
The Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens course teaches students how to protect themselves and others from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials. This course is designed to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for bloodborne pathogens training when paired with site-specific instruction. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
NAEMT Geriatric Education for EMS (GEMS)
MSTS Inc. offers both the GEMS Core Provider Course and the Advanced Provider Course. Descriptions of those courses are:
Core Provider Course: 8-hour classroom course for EMTs, Paramedics, emergency responders, nurses, physician assistants, and physicians. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion, a wallet card recognizing them as GEMS core providers for 4 years, and 8 hours of CAPCE credit.
Advanced Provider Course: 8-hour classroom course for EMTs, Paramedics, emergency responders, nurses, physician assistants, and physicians that expands upon the curriculum presented in the core course, with more in-depth content and complex scenarios. Students who successfully complete this course receive a certificate of completion, wallet card good for four years, and 8 hours of CAPCE credit.
NAEMT Pediatric Emergency Care (EPC)
The Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) course focuses on critical pediatric physiology, illnesses, injuries, and interventions to help EMS practitioners provide the best treatment for sick and injured children in the field. The course stresses critical thinking skills to help practitioners make the best decisions for their young patients. EPC is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians. EPC is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.