Welcome to the Saint Barnabas Health Care System Community Training Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center --- New Jersey's Largest Provider of CPR and First Aid Instruction  

The full range of CPR and first aid instruction, from basic to the most advanced courses in adult and pediatric life support, is now provided by the Saint Barnabas Health Care System Community Training Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

As New Jersey’s largest provider of CPR instruction, the Community Training Center offers programs in Basic Life Support ,  Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Neonatal Resuscitation, as well as Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training, First Aid,  Heart Saver and BLS Instructor Development courses.

Courses are offered year-round at all seven acute care facilities in the Saint Barnabas Health Care System. All programs are certified by the American Heart Association, except for the neonatal resuscitation course, which is certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

With 375 trained instructors across the state, the Community Training Center provides easy access to training for people who live and work throughout New Jersey. When the program was started at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in 1985, 125 people were trained in the first year. Since then the program has grown tremendously, training more than 21,000 individuals in 2000-2001, making it the #1 training center in New Jersey, according to the American Heart Association.

Read on for information on course schedules, fees and registration, or call the Community Training Center toll-free at 1-888-CPR-ACT-1 (1-888-277-2281).

The Saint Barnabas Healthcare System Community Training Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is an authorized ACLS, BLS, and PALS training center for the American Heart Association.

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees for such a course, except a small portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, does not represent income by the Association.