Basic Life Support (BLS)

Description: The BLS course is approximately 4 hours long and designed for those who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of healthcare, in-facility, and pre-hospital settings. The course will recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an AED.

What will be learned?

  • 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

Sign up for this course with AHEC   (Price: $50.00)

 

HeartCode: Blended version of BLS course including; 8 modules, 4 eSimulations, and two video tutorials. Access Online HeartCode BLS course: https://shopcpr.heart.org/heartcode-bls  (Price: $34.00)

Sign up for skills testing with AHEC  (Price: $40.00)

*Online HeartCode BLS Course must be satisfactorily completed prior to skills testing and you must bring your online completion certificate with you to do your skills testing.

Note to students: The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.