The Florida Bureau of EMS has approved the following CPR and ACLS training programs as acceptable equivalents for their corresponding American Heart Association classes. Please note that they all have a limiting expiration date imposed by the Florida Bureau of EMS; regardless of the card’s expiration date, they can only be honored to the maximum of the States’ Course Approval Expiration date.
Florida Bureau of EMS approved CPR and ACLS equivalents ![]()
CPR Equivalent: Professional Rescuer CPR
ACLS Equivalent: eACLS
American College of Emergency Physicians
1125 Executive Circle
Irving, TX 75038
Phone: 972/550-0911
CPR Equivalent: Professional Rescuer CPR (initial and renewal)
ACLS Equivalent: eACLS (initial and renewal)
AAOS/ACEP Emergency Care & Safety Institute
40 Tall Pine Drive
Sudbury, MA 01776
Phone: 978/579-8136
CPR Equivalent: CPR Pro for the Professional Rescuer (initial and renewal)
ACLS Equivalent: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (inital and renewal)
American Safety & Health Institute
4148 Louis Avenue
Holiday, FL 34691
Phone: 800/246-5101
ACLS Equivalent: Cardiac Critical Care Course C4
Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation
3717 South Conway Road
Orlando, FL 32812
Phone: 407/281-7396
