American heart association classes

The AHA’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-facility and prehospital settings.

• 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

This course is approximately 4 hours long.  

 ****THis is the blended learning option for AHA BLS Provider certification, please read entire description to see if blended learning is right for you*****

 Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course in a self-directed manner online, followed by a hands-on skills session. The hands-on skills session is completed in person with an AHA Instructor. 

When scheduling a class you are picking a date and time for the in-person skills testing portion of the class. 

Once registration is completed you will recieve an email that includes a link for the online portion of the course   

This online portion must be completed prior to the in person skill testing session class date that you selected.

Once the skills session is successfully completed you will receive your 2 year certification card. Both portions must be successfully completed prior to receiving your certificate.

The in-person class is approximately 1 1/2 hours long . 

  If you have already completed the Heartcode BLS online portion of the class and only need the skills testing inperson portion, call for information on scheduling a time to complete the skills testing.

This class is approximately 1 1/2 hours long . 

*****This is a blended learning class, please read the entire description to see if blended learning is right for you*******

The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course trains participants to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements, or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

• First aid basics
• Medical emergencies
• Injury emergencies
• Environmental emergencies
• Preventing illness and injury
• Adult CPR and AED use
• Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies
• Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR 
• Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course in a self-directed manner online, followed by a hands-on skills session. The hands-on skills session is completed in person with an AHA Instructor. 

 When scheduling a class you are picking a date and time for the in-person skills testing portion of the class. 

Once registration is completed you will recieve an email that includes a link for the online portion of the course   

This online portion must be completed prior to the in person skill testing session class date that you selected.

Once the skills session is successfully completed you will receive your 2 year certification card. Both portions must be successfully completed prior to receiving your certificate.

The in-person class is approximately 2 1/2 hours long .

*****This is a blended learning class, please read the entire description to see if blended learning is right for you*******

The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED course trains participants how to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) 

The AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Course is designed for anyone involved in childcare who have a duty to respond to illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Including: childcare workers, teachers, camp counselors, etc

• First aid basics including medical, injury, poison, and environmental emergencies, preventing illnesses and injuries and controlling bleeding & bandaging. Covers topics like using a tourniquet, shock, internal bleeding, burns and electrical injuries, allergic reactions, breathing problems & dehydration, diabetes & low blood sugar, heat-and cold-related emergencies, drowning, amputations, bites and stings, broken bones and sprains. Also covers splinters, nose bleeds, fainting, seizures, and injuries to the head, eyes, neck, spine, mouth, and teeth.
• CPR AED and choking: CPR and AED Use for Adults*, Children and Infants, Adult*, Child, and Infant Choking

*Optional module

 When scheduling a class you are picking a date and time for the in-person skills testing portion of the class. 

Once registration is completed you will recieve an email that includes a link for the online portion of the course   

This online portion must be completed prior to the in person skill testing session class date that you selected.

Once the skills session is successfully completed you will receive your 2 year certification card. Both portions must be successfully completed prior to receiving your certificate.

The in-person class is approximately 2 1/2 hours long .

The Heartsaver CPR AED course trains participants to give CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

The AHA Heartsaver CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.

• Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
• Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
• Recognize when someone needs CPR
• Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
• Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
• Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
• Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
• Perform high-quality CPR for a child*
• Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child*
• Perform high-quality CPR for an infant*
• Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
• Demonstrate how to help a choking infant*

*Child and infant modules are optional.

 The Family & Friends CPR Course teaches the lifesaving skills of adult Hands-Only CPR, adult CPR with breaths, child CPR with breaths, adult and child AED use, infant CPR, and mild and severe airway block for adults, children, and infants. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment using the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible. 

***This is not a certification course***