The AHA’s BLS Course 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.
What does this course teach?
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
The AHA Heartsaver CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.
What does this course teach?
Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
Recognize when someone needs CPR
Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
Perform high-quality CPR for a child*
Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child*
Perform high-quality CPR for an infant*
Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
Demonstrate how to help a choking infant*
Includes Online Course and Skills Test (approximate skills test duration: 60 minutes)
The AHA Heartsaver First Aid Course is designed for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in first aid to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.
What does this course teach?
First aid basics
Medical emergencies
Injury emergencies
Environmental emergencies
Preventing illness and injury
Includes Online Course and Skills Test (approximate skills test duration: 60 minutes)
The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements, or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
What does this course teach?
First aid basics
Medical emergencies
Injury emergencies
Environmental emergencies
Preventing illness and injury
Adult/Child/Infant CPR and AED use
Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies
Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
Includes Online Course and Skills Test (approximate skills test duration: 60 minutes)
This course is designed for healthcare professionals who direct or manage cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies; personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units; physicians, nurses, and paramedics; and others who need an ACLS course completion card for job or other requirements.
AHA’s ACLS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills therefore, students must complete the American Heart Association BLS course prior to beginning the ACLS course.
Includes online course, in-person skills check, and certification card. If you have already purchased the course online, please contact us to schedule.
This is a layperson course for anyone who would like to have knowledge of emergency life-saving skills. It is also intended for those who need to meet job-related requirements such as those defined by OSHA.
What does this course teach?
Before Helping, Take the Appropriate Actions
Injury Emergencies
Sudden Illness
Environmental Emergencies
High-quality CPR for Adults, Children, and Infants
AED use for Adults, Children, and Infants
Emergency Rescues, Moves, and Priorities
Choking Care for Adults, Children and Infants
Includes Online Course and Skills Test (approximate skills test duration: 60 minutes)
The recommendations listed are only recommendations. It is the student's responsibility to choose the correct certification.
Certification classes are available for Individuals, Groups, and Health Care Providers.
You will receive your certification card the day of your in-person skills session.
