The AHA’s new BLS Course has been updated to include science and education from the 2020 Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. We teach both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on high-quality CPR and team dynamics.
In the Instructor-led course, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with a professional AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.
Course Content
Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
Critical concepts of high-qualityCPR
The American Heart Association Chain of Survival
1-Rescuer CPR andAEDfor adult, child and infant
Multi-rescuer resuscitation
Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques
Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant
Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant
Relief of choking for adult, child and infant.
This package also includes the American Red Cross Emergency Oxygen Provider certification course. This course offers knowledge and training for skill necessary to provide care to a victim of a breathing emergency using breathing devices, including resuscitation masks, bag-valve-mask resuscitators, and emergency oxygen. Certification is valid for two years.
**Textbook: You must have an AHA student manual for the class you are taking that is up-to-date with the current AHA guidelines being taught. Your student manual is not included in your registration fee. You may purchase additional student manuals from us at that time of the class.
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.
