American Heart Association
Basic Life Support Provider Certification
BLS Provider Certification 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).
BLS is geared towards prehospital providers, like EMTs, paramedics, fire fighters, and in-facility hospital providers. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.
ACLS is geared towards healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies or personnel in emergency response. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.
PALS is geared towards healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.
Who should take this course?
AHA BLS Provider Certification 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.Basic Life Support (BLS) Course Options
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 multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
Heartcode Blended
New option Complete Part 1 at home and come into the office for Part 2 Skills Session.
Classroom
Traditional AHA Inperson course, with test and skill assessment.
Corporate
Call us to schedule corporate classes for your employees. We can come to your workplace or you can send your students to our Bronx or Queens Offices for training.
Ready to take a Basic Life Support (BLS) class?
The AHA offers options for how you can purchase BLS. You can take a full classroom course, take a blended learning course (HeartCode BLS + a hands-on skills session training), or purchase additional course materials. Choose from the options below. Purchase HeartCode BLS or other BLS course materials. Students cant take Hybrid Online Course which is Heartcode and come in for in person skills or they can attend a full in person traditional course. Please give us a call to schedule your class.
“First time ACLS i was nervous and Candice was patient and amazing!! she took her time and even did a review session with me over zoom!!”
Jessia Jones RN
“Really knowledgeable and not a long class at all. Candice was great!”
C W
“Absolutely loved this place ! My instructor Candice was great! Trained me on BLS (CPR and AED) great communication, professional, what a friendly environment and the office was open on a Sunday afternoon was so convenient for me .So happy I found this place and most definitely will refer my friends family and co workers !”
Betty G
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