Healthcare professionals in Santa Cruz need flexible training options. Rigid classroom schedules don’t work for everyone—especially nurses, EMTs, and physicians managing demanding shifts at Dominican Hospital (1555 Soquel Drive) or Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz (2900 Chanticleer Avenue). Safety Training Seminars solves that problem.
Located at 1515 Capitola Rd, Unit G—just off the corner of Capitola Road and 16th Avenue—Safety Training Seminars offers Self-Guided Learning™ courses for BLS, ACLS, and PALS through the American Heart Association®. You study online at your own pace, then complete a self-guided skills session locally. No fixed class times. No group schedules.
Self-Guided Learning™ combines two components:
Both components are completed independently. Upon successful completion of both, learners receive an American Heart Association Course Completion eCard for BLS, ACLS, or PALS.
This is not instructor-led training. There is no live coaching, no scheduled classroom event, and no waiting for a group to assemble. You control the pace from start to finish.
The online portion uses True Adaptive™ learning powered by Area9 Lyceum. This technology continuously assesses your knowledge and confidence, then adjusts your content path accordingly. If you already understand a concept, the system moves you forward. If you have a knowledge gap, it focuses more time there.
The result is a personalized learning pathway that is efficient and competency-focused. You are not sitting through material you already know.
You can complete the online learning activity from anywhere—your apartment near the UC Santa Cruz campus, a break room at Watsonville Community Hospital (75 Nielson Street), or your home in Capitola. Any compatible device works.
After completing the online learning activity, you schedule a self-guided skills session at the CPR Verification Station™ learning center at Safety Training Seminars’ Santa Cruz office.
During the skills session, you perform required psychomotor skills independently. The CPR Verification Station learning center provides real-time, objective performance feedback—measuring compression depth, recoil, rate, and ventilation against AHA-defined criteria. There is no instructor present. You receive objective feedback from the station itself.
If you need to repeat a skill, you can. Practice continues until you achieve a passing score.
Skills session duration:
Upon successful completion of both the online learning activity and the self-guided skills session, you receive your American Heart Association Course Completion eCard the same day.
Self-Guided Learning™ courses work best for:
Safety Training Seminars has operated as a woman-owned American Heart Association Training Center since 1989. The Santa Cruz office serves the broader community—from healthcare workers near the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk corridor to professionals in Capitola Village and beyond.
Here is what sets the Santa Cruz location apart:
The Santa Cruz office sits at ground level on Capitola Road—easily accessible from Highway 1 and the broader Monterey Bay area.
The process takes three steps:
Questions? Call (831) 316-1831. The team is available Monday through Sunday, 8 AM to 10 PM.
Santa Cruz healthcare professionals no longer need to work around a rigid classroom calendar. Self-Guided Learning™ courses at Safety Training Seminars give you full control—study when you want, verify your skills locally, and leave with your American Heart Association BLS, ACLS, or PALS Provider eCard in hand.
Enroll today at safetytrainingseminars.com or visit the office at 1515 Capitola Rd, Unit G, Santa Cruz, CA 95062.
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