CALS February News for

It's February – American Heart Month –

a time when the nation spotlights heart disease, the No. 1 killer of Americans.

President Lyndon B. Johnson, among the millions of people in the country who'd had heart attacks, issued the first proclamation in 1964. Since then, U.S. presidents have annually declared February American Heart Month.

Throughout the month, the American Heart Association's "Heart to Heart: Why Losing One Woman Is Too Many" campaign will raise awareness about how 1 in 3 women are diagnosed with heart disease annually.

-Excerpt from heart.org

CALS TF Workshops

To keep all our Training Faculty (TFs) up to date, CALS will be requiring attendance annually at one of our monthly TF Workshops

Come hear the latest and greatest information.
Ask questions, share thoughts, & take part in round table discussions

Workshops will be the 1st Tuesday @ 9am of each month starting in March. This will be held via Zoom.

**Sign up on the CALS Website under Training Tab:

Courses – Colorado Advanced Life Support (coloradoacls.org)

*Please note this is for TFs only!

Customer service cannot make changes to an Atlas account or any SSO account without the permission of the account holder. This can only be done by the account holder contacting AHA directly or by emailing AHA using the email address on their Atlas profile.

For example, a TCC cannot request a change of an email address on an Instructor's account, even if they are aligned. The Instructor must contact customer support directly to request the update at Atlas.support@heart.org or 1-877-AHA-4CPR (1-877-242-4277).

DO NOT LET YOUR INSTRUCTOR CERT EXPIRE!

On the first day of the next month, if a Primary Aligned Instructor’s eCard has not been renewed, the eCard will expire, and the primary alignment is deleted.

ONCE EXPIRED AHA requires the individual to repeat the entire process, including the Instructor Essentials online and in-person courses, to become an Instructor.

**CALS continues to have instructors contact us after expiration. Please note it is the instructors' responsibility to know when they expire; CALS does send 2-3 reminders prior to expiration as a courtesy.

KEEP TRACK of your CLASS RECORDS

CALS has had an influx of renewing instructors with no records of classes taught. AHA policy states you must have taught 4 classes in 2 years to be eligible for renewal. Again, this is the INSTRUCTORS RESPONSIBILITY to keep their own records of classes taught. Also, if you are teaching with another instructor, please be sure all instructors are listed when requesting cards through CALS website.

Atlas Updates & Insights

For access to the most recent information, visit the Atlas Information & Resources page. Scroll down for additional Atlas tips in the Tips & Tech section.

Do students need to create an Atlas login?
Yes, if they have other tasks associated with the class, such as claiming CE, they will do that through Atlas. They should register in Atlas using the same email they used to claim their eCard so the systems (eCards.Heart.org and Atlas) can connect.
To confirm, Primary Alignments for an Instructor will only be successful if the student requests it?
That is correct. A Primary Alignment request must come from the student/Instructor and be accepted by the TC before it is active.
Can you change an email on your account?
You can go in and update your email in Atlas under "Profile>My Profile," and click "Edit."
CALS has been seeing lots of instructors forgetting to change their email on ATLAS and also notifying CALS of the updated email. If we have an old email; you will not receive important info such as renewal reminders.

AHA Revs Up Awareness for Heart Month

In celebration of American Heart Month, the American Heart Association is urging every family in the US to join the Nation of Lifesavers™ by learning CPR to help us reach our goal of doubling the survival of cardiac arrest by 2030. We know that in order to save more lives from the 350,000 cardiac arrests that occur outside of the hospital every year, we must increase the number of people who respond to cardiac arrest by calling 9-1-1, delivering high-quality CPR, and getting and using an AED as soon as it is available.

Visit our Nation of Lifesavers webpage where you can take a quiz on CPR basics, access CPR resources such as infant CPR resources, and check out a playlist of songs that are between 100 and 120 beats per minute. There have also been recent updates made to the American Heart Association Cardiac Emergency Response Plan, which is a written document that establishes the specific steps to reduce death from cardiac arrest in any setting – be it a school, community organization, workplace, or sports facility.