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No doubt you’ve heard by now: healthcare is the hot career field for the coming decades.

Not only is the need for healthcare growing exponentially, but the types of work and specializations are growing as well (Case in point: the AMA’s Health Care Careers Directory provides information about more than 80 healthcare career options). And as you’d expect, the number of professional certifications required are increasing as well.

ACLS certification

One example of this is advanced cardiac life support or ACLS certification. Designed for healthcare professionals and practitioners such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, EMTs and others dealing with potential heart-related medical emergencies, ACLS courses are intended to ensure a standard set of protocols for dealing with a cardiac event.

A person who has been ACLS-certified will be able to quickly and methodically implement a series of medical responses designed to stabilize the patient and support his or her survival. This ensures that not only will an ACLS-certified individual be able to act effectively, but in a response team of ACLS-certified practitioners, the team effort will automatically be coordinated for maximum success.

From a career perspective, having an ACLS certification on your resume gives you an added area of expertise that can differentiate you from other healthcare practitioners lacking this capability.

PALS Certification

PALS certification, based on pediatric advanced cardiac life support protocols, is designed to ensure an outcome similar to that of ACLS: enabling healthcare professionals to rapidly execute a series of stabilizing actions appropriate to the specific needs of infants and children experiencing a cardiac emergency.

The PALS certification is designed to help healthcare professionals in hospitals, emergency rooms, clinics, pediatricians’ offices, and other healthcare venues streamline emergency treatment and improve the quality of emergency care for pediatric patients.

As with the ACLS certification, having a PALS certification signifies to current (and prospective) employers that 1) you are willing to invest your time and energy in broadening your skills, and 2) you have additional expertise that can be of value to any healthcare team.

BLS certification

BLS certification – focusing on basic life support – can be of value to individuals with no healthcare affiliation as well as to healthcare providers. BLS certification focuses on the adult, child and infant cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) protocols proven to help stabilize and support an individual experiencing a medical emergency.

BLS certification can be considered the baseline “competency” for healthcare providers, whether they’re performing those BLS protocols in a healthcare setting or at a neighborhood picnic.

What certifications will you need?

ACLS certification, PALS certification, and BLS certification are among the many professional certifications offered by Health Ed Solutions. But in order to determine which certifications – or recertifications – you’ll need as you advance professionally in your health careers, it’s important to work with your healthcare organization and/or professional association to lay out a map of your desired career path and the associated certifications you’ll need.