Critical Care Training Center

What Critical Care Training Center does

Critical Care Training Center is a privately held American Heart Association-authorized healthcare training organization founded in late 2006 by a group of medical professionals and headquartered at 6426 Bellingham Ave, North Hollywood, CA. The company delivers AHA-certified courses in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), CPR, and ECG & Pharmacology, alongside state-approved career programs including Certified Nurse Assistant, Phlebotomy, EKG Monitor Technician, Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Billing & Coding, and Home Health Aide. Specialty offerings include IV Therapy & Blood Withdrawal (BVNPT/BRN-approved), Critical Care, Vent & Trach, Wound Care, MAB AB 508, and TEAS test prep, plus a NCLEX review program delivered in partnership with HURST Review Services.

The technology stack centers on AHA's HeartCode eSimulation platform for online AHA courses, a self-serve learning management system for fully online career programs (Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Billing & Coding), and a mobile training lab that transports hands-on equipment (including individual CPR manikins) to client sites across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties. All instructors are current emergency medicine practitioners, and the center operates as an NHA test center, NCCT-approved site, and CNA testing site — combining instruction with credentialing in a single workflow that yields same-day certification cards.

The business model is primarily transactional course tuition (pay-as-you-go, one-time fees ranging from ~$55 for short CPR courses to $249 for online medical terminology, plus multi-hundred-to-low-thousand-dollar career program tuitions with $75 application fees), supplemented by AHA textbook sales, B2B corporate training for OSHA compliance and workplace safety, group discounts, and mobile on-site delivery for enterprise clients. The customer base is horizontally diversified across hospitals, nursing schools, medical students, childcare providers, respiratory therapists, and corporate employees throughout Southern California, with secondary distribution through the LA Career College sister institution in Northridge.

Name

Critical Care Training Center

Legal name

Critical Care Training Center

Website

https://acls123.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Critical Care Training Center is an AHA-authorized healthcare training center in North Hollywood, CA delivering ACLS, BLS, PALS, CPR, and career programs (CNA, Phlebotomy, Medical Assistant) to healthcare professionals, students, and corporate clients across Southern California via on-campus, online, and mobile on-site delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Workforce Training and Certification

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences (EDAAAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nursing Assistant (CNA) & Patient Care Technician (PCT) (EDAOAJAB), Nursing & Allied Health Certification Prep (CNA, EMT/Paramedic, Radiology, Sonography, PT/OT) (EDANAIAB), EKG/ECG Technician & Cardiac Monitoring (EDAOAJAD)

Keywords

• AHA certification training
• Healthcare career programs
• CPR and BLS classes
• Advanced cardiac life support
• Nurse aide training

Headquarters

HQ city

North Hollywood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Course Tuition Fees: One-time fees for individual courses and certifications including ACLS, BLS, PALS, CPR, phlebotomy, and career programs. Fees vary by course type and whether online or in-person delivery.
2. Career Program Tuition: Full career programs including Certified Nurse Assistant, Phlebotomy, Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Billing & Coding. Programs include application fees ($75) and tuition payments.
3. Corporate Training: B2B training services for businesses including OSHA compliance, CPR certification, fire safety, and emergency action plans. Customized workplace training with group pricing.
4. AHA Textbook Sales: Sale of required textbooks for AHA courses including ACLS (2020 edition) at $50, with advance ordering available for shipping.
5. NCLEX Review Program: Partnership with HURST Review Services providing interactive NCLEX review classes led by registered nurses. Additional fee-based service for nursing students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Critical Care Training Center is an AHA-authorized healthcare education provider delivering American Heart Association certification courses (ACLS, BLS, PALS, CPR, ECG & Pharmacology) and state-approved healthcare career programs (CNA, Phlebotomy, Medical Assistant, EKG Monitor Technician, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Billing & Coding, Home Health Aide) plus specialty courses such as IV Therapy & Blood Withdrawal, Critical Care, and Vent & Trach. Courses are delivered on-campus in North Hollywood, fully online via HeartCode eSimulation, and via mobile on-site training throughout Southern California, with same-day AHA certification cards upon completion.

Product overview

Critical Care Training Center is a healthcare education and training organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of American Heart Association (AHA) certification courses and career programs. The core offerings include AHA-certified classes in ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support), BLS (Basic Life Support), PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support), CPR, and ECG & Pharmacology. Beyond certifications, the center provides career-focused healthcare programs including Phlebotomy, Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), EKG Monitor Technician, Home Health Aide, Medical Assistant, Medical Billing & Coding, and Pharmacy Technician. Specialty courses include IV Therapy, Critical Care, Vent & Trach, Wound Care, MAB AB 508, and Pediatric First Aid. Services include on-site/mobile training, corporate training, group discounts, and AHA package deals. The organization operates from North Hollywood, CA, and serves Southern California with both in-person and online course delivery options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ACLS Classes (Certification, Re-Certification, Online, Instructor)

Quantifiable outcome

• 2-year certification validity for all AHA courses
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• LA Career CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister college located in Northridge offering healthcare career programs. Programs include Certified Nurse Assistant and Phlebotomy. Provides expanded geographic coverage for career training programs.
• HURST Review ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing NCLEX review program for nursing students. Classes are interactive, engaging, and led by registered nurses trained as NCLEX experts. Available to students before, during, and after class.
• Leading Medical InstitutionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with leading medical institutions in Southern California to facilitate training for medical professionals. Provides simulation-based training for healthcare teams including stroke management teams, trauma teams, and acute coronary syndrome intervention teams.
• Local City Governing Bodies and InstitutionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks closely with local city governing bodies and institutions to properly train and certify staff and team members in various safety and first aid protocols. Earned trust of local institutions for staff training.
• Metro (Los Angeles County)minorOthersMetro provides Bus and Rail transportation to the North Hollywood location. Public transit accessibility for students attending on-campus classes.
• American Heart AssociationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial AHA training site providing ACLS, BLS, PALS, CPR, NRP, ECG & Pharmacology courses. Authorized to issue AHA certification cards. Uses AHA curriculum and guidelines including 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• CareerStep: Online vocational training provider offering Medical Assistant, Medical Billing & Coding, Phlebotomy, and Pharmacy Technician programs. Overlaps with CCTC's online career-program catalog and self-paced delivery model.

Regional players

• Unitek College: California-based vocational nursing and allied health school offering BSN, VN, and Medical Assistant programs with multiple SoCal campuses. Comparable healthcare career training focus in the same geographic region.

Direct peers

• Cascade Training Center: AHA training organization operating on-site and mobile programs for healthcare professionals and corporate clients nationwide. Directly comparable mobile group-training motion and BLS/ACLS/PALS course catalog.
• ProTrainings: National AHA-approved online training provider offering BLS, ACLS, PALS, and CPR certification, plus healthcare career courses. Directly competes with CCTC's online catalog across similar learner segments, but operates at much broader scale without geographic limitation.
• Concorde Career Colleges: Network of for-profit vocational schools offering CNA, Medical Assistant, Phlebotomy, Pharmacy Technician, and other allied-health programs. Directly comparable career-program catalog and California operating presence.
• ACLS Medical Training: Online-only provider of AHA-aligned ACLS, BLS, PALS, and CPR certification cards with same-day digital issuance. Directly comparable to CCTC's online AHA offerings on price, delivery model, and customer persona (nurses, EMTs, physicians).
• Code One CPR: Multi-site AHA training center delivering BLS, ACLS, PALS, and CPR across multiple U.S. locations with on-campus, on-site, and online options. Closest structural analog to CCTC's three-channel delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• American Red Cross Training Services: National first aid, CPR, BLS, and AED training provider with broad consumer brand recognition. Largest incumbent competing for lay-rescuer, childcare, and workplace CPR/AED segments that overlap with CCTC's Heartsaver and Pediatric First Aid offerings.
• HealthStream: Public healthcare workforce training and credentialing platform offering resuscitation courses, competency management, and continuing education at enterprise scale. Larger incumbent with overlapping BLS/ACLS/PALS offerings as part of a broader suite.

Others

• HURST Review Services: NCLEX prep partner already affiliated with CCTC; it represents an adjacent nursing test-prep provider in CCTC's curriculum ecosystem and a comparable competitor on the prep side.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/acls123
• Instagraminstagram.com/acls123
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/critical-care-training-center

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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