BLS Certification for Healthcare Providers

BLS Provider - American Heart Association Basic Life Support

This is the most common CPR certification needed by Healthcare Professionals.

Participants are taught to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, provide appropriate ventilation, and use an AED as soon as possible.

This BLS CPR course is an essential foundation for healthcare providers. In an emergency, understanding exactly what to do saves time and eliminates unnecessary confusion. This convenient BLS course teaches things like CPR and choking relief for adults, children, and infants. It’s suitable for EMTs, medical assistants, certified nurse assistants, and any professional working in a clinical setting or hospital.

The American Heart Association BLS Provider course is meant for healthcare professionals including, but not limited to, the following: Doctors, Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians, Certified Nurse Assistants, Medical Assistants, Physician Assistants, Respiratory Therapists, Phlebotomy Technicians, Electrocardiogram Technicians, or any other ancillary healthcare practitioners who work in a clinical setting or hospital. 

As a certified BLS Provider, you’ll be qualified to administer CPR for infants, children, and adults, provide relief in choking situations for all ages, and use the Bag-Valve mask (BVM).

Our CPR BLS healthcare provider course teaches essential skills including:

• Critical concepts for high-quality CPR for the adult, child, and infant

• Relief of choking for the adult, child, and infant

• Use of the Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)

• Rescue Breathing / Intro to CPR with an advanced airway

• Use of the Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM)

• 1 and 2 rescuer CPR for the adult, child, and infant

You can complete our healthcare provider's course on a convenient timetable; your BLS certification E-card can be issued the same day after completing the Skills Stations and a multiple choice test.

A 25 question multiple choice a test is administered after the completion of class. 
A passing score of 84% or better is required before your card can be issued. 
A successful Skills Test is required to complete this class. 

Students will receive an American Heart Association BLS for the Healthcare Provider eCard at the end of class after successfully completing the test and all Skills Stations.

Our AHA BLS provider course recognizes that everyone learns differently. For that reason, we incorporate a variety of methods in our provider course to give you the best chance at achieving your goals of getting certified in the various skills associated with BLS CPR.

BLS Provider Blended e-Learning uses a variety of eLearning assets such as dramatizations, eSimulations, animations, self-directed learning, and interactive activities to teach students BLS knowledge and skills.

After completing the online portion of the provider course, students attend a structured BLS Blended e-Learning Skills, which is a hands-on session with an AHA Instructor.