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The Life Support Program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center offers courses for physicians, nurses, respiratory care practitioners and other eligible providers. See below for a listing of our available courses, or view our events calendar.

If you need assistance selecting a class, or for general questions please contact the Life Support Program at (603) 653-1776 or email lifesupport@hitchcock.org.

 

BLS (Basic Life Support) Online & Voice Assisted Manikin "VAM"

HeartCode BLS is the AHA’s BLS blended learning delivery method. Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course online in a self-directed manner, followed by skills completion on a Voice Assisted Manikin (VAM).

 

The BLS Online & VAM (Voice Assisted Manikin) course is not interchangeable with the BLS Online & Instructor Led Skills course. Once you register for a BLS & VAM course you will not be able to complete your skills assessment at an Instructor-led class nor change to a BLS & Instructor registration.

 

Online Modules will be made available in RQI as soon as a Life Support administrator is able to complete the request. Requests are typically handled Monday-Friday 0730-1530. 

  • DH staff/travelers are required to use their DH email to register for Life Support classes. New hires who have not yet been issued a DH email, please include your start date and hiring manager’s name in the registration under “Comments/Special Requests”.
  • Geisel School of Medicine students are required to use their Geisel email.

 

If you are completing the skills session on the VAM no certificate is needed and no appointment is needed.  

 

VAM Locations:

Concord: The Concord VAM is open to DH employees only. For new hire DH employees without DH credentials please register with your personal email – you must enter your start date in the Comment Section and contact one of the following:  Constance McCoy @constance.l.mccoy@hitchcock.org or Alysia Weaver @alysia.m.weaver@hitchcock.org to schedule a time to use the VAM.

The Concord VAM is located in Room #2429 on the main level of Primary Care on the South side.

 

Lebanon: Level 2 past 2M in the PSTC Lobby. Available 24/7 no appt needed.

 

Manchester: The Manchester VAM is open to DH employees only. For new hire DH employees without DH credentials please register with your personal email – you must enter your start date in the Comment Section and contact either Kim Danis @Kim M. Danis or Kaitlynn Royce @kaitlynn.m.royce@hitchcock.org to schedule a time to use the VAM.

The VAM is located in the basement in the employee lounge.  When coming off the elevator, take a left, the lounge is the second door on your left.  The VAM is located to your left as you walk into the lounge. The VAM is available Monday through Saturday 8am-5pm. No appt is necessary for DH employees.

 

Nashua:  The Nashua VAM is open to DH employees only.  We recently re-established badge access to the copy room (#0085) across from Administration on the lower level where our Voice-assisted Manikin (VAM) is available for the hands on portion of BLS training. The VAM is available Monday thru Friday from 7am-8pm and Saturday & Sunday from 8am- 4pm. No appointment is necessary for DH employees. For new hire DH employees without DH credentials you will need to contact Nashua.Administration.Support@hitchcock.org to make an appointment to come in and use the equipment.

 

The registration types and associated fees are as follows for 2026:

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock employees, travelers and Geisel Medical students: $0
  • NEAH Hospital Employees and Dartmouth Health Affiliates: $45
    • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
    • Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock
    • Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
    • New London Hospital
    • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
    • Valley Regional Hospital
    • Dartmouth Health Home Care (Formerly VNH)
  • Public learners: $75
BLS Online & Instructor Led Skills - Lebanon

HeartCode BLS is the AHA’s BLS blended learning delivery method. Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course online in a self-directed manner, followed by skills completion during an in-person skills session with an instructor.

 

The BLS Online & Instructor Led Skills course is not interchangeable with the BLS Online & VAM (Voice Assisted Manikin) course. Once you register for a BLS & Instructor course you will not be able to complete your skills assessment at a VAM station nor change to a BLS & VAM registration. 

 

Online Modules will be made available in RQI as soon as a Life Support team member processes your registration, typically handled Monday-Friday 0830-1530. You will need to bring your certificate of online completion with you to class. Attendance is not permitted without your certificate.

 

AHA BLS materials can be purchased at Basic Life Support (BLS) Products | American Heart Association and are not required for this course. 

 

Please be respectful of other employees working in this space and limit noise in the hallways.

 

  • DH staff/travelers are required to use their DH email to register for Life Support classes. New hires who have not yet been issued a DH email, please include your start date and hiring manager’s name in the registration under “Comments/Special Requests”.
  • Geisel School of Medicine students are required to use their email.

 

The registration types and associated fees are as follows for 2026:

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock employees, travelers and Geisel Medical students: $0
  • NEAH Hospital Employees and Dartmouth Health Affiliates: $45
    • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
    • Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock
    • Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
    • New London Hospital
    • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
    • Valley Regional Hospital
    • Dartmouth Health Home Care (Formerly VNH)
  • Public learners: $75

 

 

Please select from the following classes:    

BLS Online & Instructor Led Skills - Concord

HeartCode BLS is the AHA’s BLS blended learning delivery method. Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course online in a self-directed manner, followed by skills completion during an in-person skills session with an instructor.

 

 The BLS Online & Instructor Led Skills course is not interchangeable with the BLS Online & VAM (Voice Assisted Manikin) course. Once you register for a BLS & Instructor course you will not be able to complete your skills assessment at a VAM station nor change to a BLS & VAM registration.

 

Online Modules will be made available in RQI as soon as a Life Support team member processes your registration, typically handled Monday-Friday 0830-1530. You will need to bring your certificate of online completion with you to class. Attendance is not permitted without your certificate.

 

AHA BLS materials can be purchased at Basic Life Support (BLS) Products | American Heart Association and are not required for this course. 

 

Please be respectful of other employees working in this space and limit noise in the hallways.

 

  • DH staff/travelers are required to use their DH email to register for Life Support classes. New hires who have not yet been issued a DH email, please include your start date and hiring manager’s name in the registration under “Comments/Special Requests”.
  • Geisel School of Medicine students are required to use their Geisel email.

 

The registration types and associated fees are as follows for 2026:

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock employees, travelers and Geisel Medical students: $0
  • NEAH Hospital Employees and Dartmouth Health Affiliates: $45
    • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
    • Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock
    • Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
    • New London Hospital
    • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
    • Valley Regional Hospital
    • Dartmouth Health Home Care (Formerly VNH)
  • Public learners: $75

 

Please select from the following classes:  

BLS Online & Instructor Led Skills - Nashua

HeartCode BLS is the AHA’s BLS blended learning delivery method. Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course online in a self-directed manner, followed by skills completion during an in-person skills session with an instructor.

 

 The BLS Online & Instructor Led Skills course is not interchangeable with the BLS Online & VAM (Voice Assisted Manikin) course. Once you register for a BLS & Instructor course you will not be able to complete your skills assessment at a VAM station nor change to a BLS & VAM registration.

 

Online Modules will be made available in RQI as soon as a Life Support team member processes your registration, typically handled Monday-Friday 0830-1530. You will need to bring your certificate of online completion with you to class. Attendance is not permitted without your certificate.

 

AHA BLS materials can be purchased at Basic Life Support (BLS) Products | American Heart Association and are not required for this course. 

 

Please be respectful of other employees working in this space and limit noise in the hallways.

 

  • DH staff/travelers are required to use their DH email to register for Life Support classes. New hires who have not yet been issued a DH email, please include your start date and hiring manager’s name in the registration under “Comments/Special Requests”.
  • Geisel School of Medicine students are required to use their Geisel email.

 

The registration types and associated fees are as follows for 2026:

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock employees, travelers and Geisel Medical students: $0
  • NEAH Hospital Employees and Dartmouth Health Affiliates: $45
    • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
    • Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock
    • Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
    • New London Hospital
    • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
    • Valley Regional Hospital
    • Dartmouth Health Home Care (Formerly VNH)
  • Public learners: $75

 

Please select from the following classes:

ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

The HeartCode ACLS course is the AHA’s blended learning delivery method for Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support. Blended learning is a combination of online eLearning which is followed by an in-person class.

 

The HeartCode ACLS online modules is a self-directed, comprehensive eLearning program. Online Modules will be made available in RQI as soon as a Life Support team member processes your registration, typically handled Monday-Friday 0830-1530 and often takes 1 full business day. 

Once learners complete the online module, they must complete a 4-hour hands-on skills practicum in the classroom. Online course completion is required prior to attending the skills practicum with proof of completion presented to the instructor via the online completion certificate. Learners will not be granted admission to class without proof of online completion.

 

AHA ACLS materials can be purchased at ACLS Products | American Heart Association and are not required for this course.

Student manuals may be loaned out from the Matthew Fuller Library on the fifth floor of the DHMC-Lebanon campus.

 

*Please note, attending an ACLS class does not also certify staff in BLS. Please refer to Policy 9905 for more details.  

*This course is intended for LPN/EMT-A and above. Your registration may be cancelled if deemed outside your scope of practice.

 

The registration fees are as follows for 2026:

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock employees, travelers and Geisel Medical students: $0
  • NEAH Hospital Employees and Dartmouth Health Affiliates: $165
    • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
    • Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock
    • Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
    • New London Hospital
    • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
    • Valley Regional Hospital
    • Dartmouth Health Home Care (Formerly VNH)
  • Public learners: $225

 

When registering:

  • DH staff/travelers are required to use their DH email to register for Life Support classes. New hires who have not yet been issued a DH email, please include your start date and hiring manager’s name in the registration under “Comments/Special Requests”.
  • Geisel School of Medicine students are required to use their Geisel email.

 

 

Please select from the following classes:

 

PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)

The HeartCode PALS course is AHA’s blended learning delivery method for Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Blended learning is a combination of online eLearning which is followed by an in-person class.

 

The HeartCode PALS online module is a self-directed, comprehensive eLearning program. Online modules will be made available as soon as a Life Support team member is able to process the registration, typically handled Monday-Friday 0730-1530 and often takes 1 full business day.

Once learners complete the online module, they must complete a 4-hour hands-on skills practicum in the classroom. Online course completion is required prior to attending the skills practicum with proof of completion presented to the instructor via the online completion certificate. Learners will not be granted admission to class without proof of online completion.

 

AHA PALS materials can be purchased at PALS Products | American Heart Association and are not required for this course.

Student manuals may be loaned out from the Matthew Fuller Library on the fifth floor of the DHMC-Lebanon campus.

 

*Please note, attending an PALS class does not also certify staff in BLS. Please refer to Policy 9905 for more details.

*This course is intended for LPN/EMT-A and above. Your registration may be cancelled if deemed outside your scope of practice.

 

The registration fees are as follows for 2026:

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock employees, travelers and Geisel Medical students: $0
  • NEAH Hospital Employees and Dartmouth Health Affiliates: $165
    • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
    • Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock
    • Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
    • New London Hospital
    • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
    • Valley Regional Hospital
    • Dartmouth Health Home Care (Formerly VNH)
  • Public learners: $225

 

When registering:

  • DH staff/travelers are required to use their DH email to register for Life Support classes. New hires who have not yet been issued a DH email, please include your start date and hiring manager’s name in the registration under “Comments/Special Requests”.
  • Geisel School of Medicine students are required to use their Geisel email.

 


Please select from the following classes:

 

Moderate Sedation Program - Sedationist (D-H Staff Only)

The Moderate Sedation program is for clinicians, providers and nurses, who are directly involved in procedures requiring moderate sedation. Training to be credentialed in moderate sedation is role specific.

This program is for sedationists, meaning the person providing moderate sedation for the procedure, and is only available for Dartmouth-Hitchcock employees.

Modules are assigned in Halogen, Mon - Fri 8-3:30.

Required Pre-requisites

  • Current ACLS or PALS certification

Required training includes the following steps:
• Register for this course - This will sign you up for the hands-on simulation and the online modules.
• Receive an email confirmation for the hands-on simulation training 
• Once your ACLS/PALS certification is verified, the modules will be manually assigned to you in Halogen 
• Receive a second confirmation email, from Halogen, when they are available for you to access
• Complete the modules in their entirety
• Successfully pass the final exam
• Be present for the entire hands-on simulation training


There is no registration fee for this course.