Programs

CSU-ALS Provider Course. Certification in the CSU-ALS protocol for nurses, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, perfusionists, surgeons, residents, fellows, intensivists and anesthesiologists. Classroom review of the evidence plus hands-on simulation, including emergency resternotomy.

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CSU-ALS Trainer Course. Train-the-trainer certification so your own clinicians can teach and maintain CSU-ALS competency in-house.

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Unit-Based Training. A one-day (approximately 8-hour) course delivered inside your unit, using your equipment, with a full cardiac-arrest moulage exercise. Modules: Principles of Resuscitation After Cardiac Surgery; Open Chest Management; Assessment and Management of Cardiothoracic Emergencies; Electrical Therapies and Temporary Pacing; Human Factors in Resuscitation.

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CLEAR / REACT. Arrest management and certification for the cardiac catheterization laboratory, applying the same protocolized, team-based approach to cath lab emergencies. CLEAR and REACT are the same program, named by region.

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Critical Care and ECMO. Hands-on courses in critical care management and ECMO and mechanical circulatory support for the teams running them.

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ED Resuscitative Thoracotomy. A focused course in emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy.

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CSU-ALS / CALS e-Learning. Online pre-course and refresher content through CARE Learning Central (www.csu-als.net).

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Courses Running This Month. In November 2026, CSU-ALS, CALS, CLEAR and REACT courses are scheduled at:

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Nov 2 — University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA

Nov 3 — Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (open to outside registration)

Nov 3 — University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Nov 3 — Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA

Nov 4 — Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania (REACT Provider Course)

Nov 5 — Cleveland Clinic Fairview, Cleveland, OH (CLEAR Provider Course)

Nov 5 — Manchester University NHS Trust, Wythenshawe, UK (CALS Provider Course)

Nov 6 — Addenbrooke's Simulation Centre, Cambridge, UK (ED Course)

Nov 10 — Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (CALS Train the Trainer)

Nov 10 — Corewell Health, Troy, MI

Nov 11 — Toyama University, Japan (CALS Provider Course)

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Most courses are delivered inside host institutions for their own staff. That is the model: hospitals certify their own trainers and run CSU-ALS continuously in-house.

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Become a Training Center. Hospitals bring ECSR in-house through CARE's formal training-center pathway. Accredited Centers train their own staff with CARE-certified trainers under a formal agreement, with biennial audits beginning at the end of the first year and no fees to maintain status. Centers of Excellence, after a successful first audit, may open courses to outside staff, receive a plaque for display in the unit, become eligible for national teaching opportunities and CARE research, and maintain 90% of staff trained at all times. Accredited Centers may upgrade without additional fees.

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Course dates and registration: www.csu-als.org/events

Training-center process: www.csu-als.org

Questions: admin@ecsr.org