Basic Life Support

The American Heart Association’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate breaths and ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. This course is in two different formats, complete in person course and Heartcode blending learning.

The American Heart Association’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-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.

What does this course teach?

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

• BLS concepts from the Chain of Survival

• Delivering effective breaths or ventilations

• Importance of early use of and how to use an AED

• Performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR

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

Time to complete course: 2-4.5 hours depending on course format

Certification: Valid for 2 years 

Material(s) needed for course: Student provider manual required or Heartcode BLS online portion, both items can be purchased through the AHA website. 

Cost: $100 for in person course, $70 for Heartcode, plus $37 for online portion.