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
Course Approval Expiration: None listed

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
Course Approval Expiration: None listed

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
CPR Course Approval Expiration: August 31, 2009
ACLS Course Approval Expiration: November 20, 2009

ACLS Equivalent: Cardiac Critical Care Course C4
Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation
3717 South Conway Road
Orlando, FL 32812
Phone: 407/281-7396
Course Approval Expiration: March 4, 2008