BLS Certification for Healthcare Providers

Basic Life Support (BLS)
The AHA’s BLS 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).
After successful completion of the course, students will receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years.
Who Should Take This Course?
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.
Examples of who should take BLS CPR: healthcare providers, first responders, staff from dentist’s offices, nursing homes, and childcare providers.
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
***You will recieve your CPR card via email upon successful completion of the course. It may take 2-3 weeks to receive your card.