The Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking. The course is intended for certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals. After completing this course, you will receive a BLS eCard that is good for two years.

*You must have the latest BLS for Healthcare Providers manual before, during, and after the class. Failure to present the book will lead to the withholding of your BLS card until you show the book to an instructor. If you purchase a manual, we strongly suggest you pick it up at Life-Ed 4 Nurses and review the material at least one week before class starts.

The American Heart Association’s ACLS course will sharpen skills involving basic life support CPR and its combined effectiveness with advanced cardiovascular life support interventions. This course emphasizes the treatment of adult victims of cardiac arrest and other cardiopulmonary emergencies with effective communication in a team environment. After completing this course, you will receive an ACLS eCard that is good for two years. Students have the option for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for this course. This will come in the form of a certificate of completion, and the number of CEUs will be reflected on the certificate, which is good for four years.

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose.  Using these materials in an educational 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 materials, do not represent income to the Association.