AHA -Basic Life Support (Health Care Provider)

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Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR)

Healthcare Provider (HCP)

Renewal & Initial Course

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About:

This is the Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers ("CPR").

If you are not a healthcare provider or do not need a Healthcare Provider level of CPR, please call our office for a solution.

Upon registering for this course, you will be issued access to the American Heart Association's BLS HeartCode online course (Part I). After completing the online portion of this course, you will print out your online course completion certificate and bring it to your skills practice and testing session (Parts II & III). Upon successfully verifying your skills, you will be issued a BLS course completion eCard, valid for two years!

This course's online portion (Part I) is approximately 2.5 hours (average). The skills practice (Part II) and skills testing (Part III) can take up to 1 hour (average).

Throughout this course, you will learn, practice, and apply the following:

New science and education from the 2020 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
The components of high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
The AHA Chain of Survival for prehospital and in-facility providers
Important early use of an AED
Effective ventilation 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

Features:

Updated science and education reflecting the 2020 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
Includes in-facility and prehospital tracks; the student chooses their track before starting the HeartCode BLS Online Portion.
Enhanced learning experience through eSimulations, life-like animations, video scenarios, and knowledge checks
The accessible version is available for students with hearing, vision, and/or motor impairments on eLearning.Heart.org only.

Audience: All healthcare providers where BLS is required for their workplace requirement/scope of practice. Additionally, students of healthcare programs (i.e., RN Students, Medical Students, NP Students, PA Students, etc., may also attend this program). If you are taking this course for entry into school (i.e., Nursing, Medicine, etc.), then this course is accepted as your skills are verified in-person with an American Heart Association Instructor.

Upon completing this course, you will be issued an American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) course completion eCard, valid for two years.

To complete this course, you must:

Register and pay for the course.
Complete the ONLINE portion (Part I) before your scheduled skills session.
Sign-in on the course roster.
Bring the required online course completion certificate to the course.
Complete the skills practice session (Part II).
Complete your "skills check" (Part III) with one of our BLS instructors.
Complete the post-course evaluation.

Bring with you to the course:

Your printed online skills completion certificate.
Photo ID (i.e., driver's license).

We are not permitted to admit you to the course without these items.

Contact hours (nursing): We are not permitted to issue ANCC contact hours for this course.

Faculty: Our instructors are outstanding! They are non-intimidating, knowledgeable, and genuinely interested in helping you succeed in completing this course. Our faculty members are selected because of their expertise, talent, and friendly approach!

Note: Upon registering, please allow up to 24 business hours to receive your access to the AHA's online course.

Required AHA Disclaimer: The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional material for this purpose. Use of these materials in an education course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the association.