BLS

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

This class is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings. In this class you will learn:

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants

• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components

• Important early use of an AED

• Effective ventilations using a barrier device

• Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR

• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

Offered in 2 different formats!

Option 1: HeartCode BLS (blended learning) - most popular!

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 in a self-directed manner, followed by a hands-on skills session. HeartCode BLS uses a personalized adaptive algorithm that sets students on the most efficient path to BLS mastery. The course content is presented in the form of self-directed learning content, probes, and Cognitive Assessment Activities.

The student has a choice of completing a pre-hospital or in-hospital contextualized track. After completing the online portion, students will attend a structured, Instructor-led hands-on session that focuses on meaningful skills practice, team scenarios, and skills testing. 

$90 per person, includes 2-year certification and e-book

Class running time: approximately 2 hours eLearning + 1 hour skills session

$45 skills testing only (must show proof of HeartCode course completion)

Option 2: Classroom BLS

This instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency. The BLS Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on High-Quality CPR and team dynamics.

$90 per person ($80 renewal), includes 2-year certification and student manual

Class running time: 3 hours (renewal class) - 4.5 hours (initial class)

Classes Scheduled By Request

Group Rates Available

Get more information about BLS classes from the American Heart Association here.