ACLS Academy

What ACLS Academy does

ACLS Academy operates as an AHA Aligned Training Center delivering certification courses in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and adjacent emergency cardiovascular care disciplines including TNCC, ENPC, NRP, and Heartsaver CPR/AED. Founded in 2014 in Quincy, Massachusetts, the business is registered as Lynch Medical Consulting, LLC, with three physical training locations in Quincy, Bridgewater, and Newton Center. Course scheduling and registration are managed through the Enrollware platform, and student study is supported by the AHA Knowledge Booster mobile application.

The Academy operates a distributed instructor model with a network of 156 active instructors delivering 1,241 classes and serving 3,341 direct students in 2025, alongside 6,500+ students trained at aligned AHA Training Sites under its Training Center oversight. Customer segments span individual healthcare professionals seeking initial or renewal certification, school districts and private schools (Belmont, Hanover Public Schools, Thayer Academy), and community/nonprofit partners including Partners in Development and the Red Sox Foundation for community CPR events.

Revenue is generated primarily through per-student course fees for ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications (typical market range of $150-$300 per course), supplemented by on-site group training contracts with institutional clients. The business is asset-light, relying on a small core staff of 1-10 employees with the bulk of instruction delivered through the contracted instructor network. Notable 2025 milestones include receiving the AHA All-Star Award, earning a fourth Training Center certification in PALS, adopting the 2025 AHA CPR and ECC Guidelines, and conducting outreach into the Mississippi Delta through Partners in Development.

Name

ACLS Academy

Legal name

Lynch Medical Consulting (LMC), LLC

Website

https://aclsacademy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ACLS Academy is a private AHA-aligned training center operating three Massachusetts sites, delivering ACLS, BLS, PALS, and related emergency cardiovascular care certification courses to healthcare professionals, schools, and community members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Certification Training

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nursing & Allied Health Certification Prep (CNA, EMT/Paramedic, Radiology, Sonography, PT/OT) (EDANAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Credentialing, Certification Prep & Exam Training (BPACANAJ)

Keywords

• ACLS certification training
• BLS certification courses
• PALS certification training
• AHA aligned training
• Life support certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Quincy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Certification Courses: Revenue generated from offering AHA certification courses including ACLS, PALS, BLS, and other emergency response training for healthcare professionals and community members. Courses are offered in-person at training locations and virtually.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ACLS Academy is an AHA Aligned Training Center delivering American Heart Association certification courses including BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, TNCC, ENPC, ASLS, PEARS, PALS Plus, ACLS EP, Heartsaver, Bloodborne Pathogens, Stop the Bleed, and Fetal Heart Monitoring. Courses are delivered in-person at three Massachusetts locations and via the Academy Anywhere virtual platform, targeting healthcare professionals, corporate clients, and community members.

Product overview

ACLS Academy is a unified training platform providing American Heart Association (AHA) aligned certification and continuing education courses for healthcare professionals and community members. The portfolio consists of core provider-level courses (BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP) alongside specialized offerings (TNCC, ENPC, PEARS, ACLS EP, ASLS, PALS Plus, Fetal Heart Monitoring) and community-focused programs (Heartsaver CPR/AED, Stop the Bleed, Bloodborne Pathogen). The company also offers instructor certification pathways and on-site corporate/group training services. All courses are delivered in-person or virtually by practicing healthcare professionals, with full adoption of the 2025 AHA CPR & ECC Guidelines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BLS for Providers

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 10,000 students trained
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Heart Association (AHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACLS Academy operates as an American Heart Association Aligned Training Center, delivering AHA-certified courses including ACLS, PALS, BLS, and Heartsaver. The partnership provides access to AHA curriculum, guidelines, and certification authority. ACLS Academy holds four Training Center certifications: ACLS, BLS, ASLS, and PALS.
• Red Sox FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerACLS Academy partnered with the Red Sox Foundation and American Heart Association for a large-scale Hands-Only CPR training event at Fenway Park during CPR & AED Awareness Week. Six ACLS Academy team members volunteered as instructors at this community event.
• Partners in DevelopmentminorGTM or Marketing PartnerACLS Academy partnered with Partners in Development to train community leaders in the Mississippi Delta as AHA HeartSaver Instructors, expanding their community health mission beyond Massachusetts.
• Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerACLS Academy offers specialized courses sponsored by ENA including TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) and ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course) for trauma and emergency nursing professionals.
• AWHONN (Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerACLS Academy offers Fetal Heart Monitoring courses sponsored by AWHONN for medical professionals to assess fetal heart rates and make clinical decisions.
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerACLS Academy offers NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) courses sponsored by AAP for healthcare providers in neonatal critical care units.
• Stop the BleedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerACLS Academy offers Stop the Bleed training, a non-healthcare provider course teaching techniques to stop bleeding before professional help arrives, based on American College of Surgeons protocols.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Laerdal Medical: Leading supplier of CPR manikins, simulation, and training equipment used in AHA-aligned courses. Not a direct competitor but an ecosystem enabler whose product roadmap influences ACLS Academy's classroom experience and capex.

Direct peers

• EMS Safety Services: AHA-aligned Training Center delivering CPR, BLS, ACLS, and PALS courses nationally. Similar blended-learning model targeting healthcare and workplace safety customers.
• ProTrainings: Multi-discipline certification provider offering blended AHA/ASHI CPR and healthcare safety courses. Comparable in course catalog (CPR/AED/BLS/ACLS) and target audience (healthcare workers and lay responders), but delivered primarily online.
• Code Blue Training: Regional AHA Training Center focused on ACLS, BLS, PALS, and Heartsaver courses. Comparable course mix and direct-to-consumer plus corporate training GTM.
• CPR Consultants: AHA Training Center offering BLS, ACLS, PALS, and Heartsaver courses in person and via blended learning. Closely comparable independent AHA Training Center competing for similar healthcare-professional and corporate clients.
• ACLS Training Center: National AHA-aligned online provider of ACLS, BLS, and PALS certification. Direct competitor in the same certification category with a digital-first delivery model that contrasts ACLS Academy's in-person approach.

Broad incumbents

• HSI (Health & Safety Institute): Large safety and emergency-care training organization (ASHI, MEDIC First Aid brands) serving workforce and clinical compliance markets. Comparable curriculum scope but operates at national/international scale with enterprise customers.
• HealthStream: Public healthcare workforce development platform offering compliance and certification training to hospitals and health systems. Overlaps with ACLS Academy's healthcare-professional segment but at much greater scale and via enterprise SaaS contracts.
• American Heart Association: The curriculum and certification authority that licenses ACLS Academy. Operates its own training programs and digital platforms (HeartCode) that compete indirectly with aligned Training Centers and set the rules they operate under.

Emerging players

• National CPR Foundation: Online-first CPR/AED/First Aid certification provider targeting lay rescuers and corporate clients. Partial overlap with ACLS Academy's Heartsaver/community segment via lower-cost digital delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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