Basic Life Support (BLS)

The American Heart Association BLS course is designed for healthcare professionals and first responders who need to perform high-quality CPR and respond to life-threatening emergencies.

Is This BLS Course Right for Me?

This course is right for you if you are:

  • A nurse, nursing student, or other healthcare professional

  • A physician, dentist, pharmacist, medical assistant, or other clinical professional

  • An EMT, paramedic, or other first responder

  • A healthcare student preparing for clinicals or entering a healthcare profession

  • Someone whose employer, school, or licensing organization requires American Heart Association BLS certification

  • Already BLS certified and need to renew your certification

Already BLS Certified?

You do not need to register for a separate “BLS Renewal” course. Our BLS course is designed for both initial certification and recertification.

If your current BLS certification is about to expire, simply register for our BLS course. If your current certification is still active, bring your AHA BLS eCard or certification information with you to class.

Not Sure Whether You Need BLS or Heartsaver?

BLS is designed for healthcare professionals and others who may be expected to respond to cardiac arrest as part of their job.

If you do not work in healthcare and need CPR certification for work, childcare, coaching, or general preparedness, one of our Heartsaver courses may be a better fit.

What You'll Learn

The BLS course focuses on recognizing and responding to life-threatening emergencies and performing high-quality CPR as part of an effective team. Training includes adults, children, and infants.

Topics include:

  • Chain of Survival

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

  • Adult, child, and infant BLS algorithms

  • Two-rescuer CPR

  • AED use for adults, children, and infants

  • Pocket mask and bag-mask ventilation

  • Team dynamics and high-performance resuscitation

  • Relief of choking in adults, children, and infants

  • Recognition and response to opioid-associated emergencies

What You'll Receive

Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive an official American Heart Association BLS eCard, valid for two years.

Cost (Course + Book): $104.00

Course Length: Approx. 4 hours

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After successfully completing the BLS Course, you should be able to:

  • Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival.

  • Describe all the steps in the Chains of Survival.

  • Apply the BLS concepts of the Chains of Survival.

  • Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR.

  • Perform high-quality CPR for an adult, a child, and an infant.

  • Describe the importance of early use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

  • Demonstrate the appropriate use of an AED.

  • Provide effective ventilation by using a barrier device.

  • Describe the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation.

  • Perform as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR.

  • Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for an adult, a child, and an infant.