The BLS Healthcare Provider Course teaches prevention and early warning signs of heart attack and stroke, how to enter the EMS system, use of barrier devices, use of a bag-mask device, use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), in addition to one and two rescuer CPR and relief of foreign body airway obstruction in adults, infants, and children.

   The course includes multiple learning activities, using videotapes, practice-while-watching sessions, and skill testing sessions. There are both written and skills testing examinations.

   A course completion card will be issued within 10 days after successful completion of the course. Temporary certificate will be given on the day of course completion.

BLS for Healthcare Providers – Renewal Course
(Fee: $55.00)

   This 3 1/2 hour course is specifically designed for participants who work in a
healthcare setting and those who are required to take a healthcare provider course for their employment. It is intended only for those participants who have a current, unexpired BLS for Healthcare Provider’s card. Those with expired cards or those who are not proficient in all skill areas included in the full course must enroll in the full BLS for Healthcare Provider Course. A course completion card is issued for all those who successfully complete the course.

   The BLS Healthcare Provider Renewal Course reviews prevention and early warning signs of heart attack and stroke, how to enter the EMS system, use of barrier devices, use of a bag-mask device, use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), in addition to one and two rescuer CPR and relief of foreign body airway obstruction in adults, infants
and children.

Heartsaver – Adult/Child/Infant
(Fee: $55.00)

   This 3 1/2 hour course targets all lay rescuers (people with limited or no medical training), such as school children, family members of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, fitness instructors, teachers, and other laypersons who want to learn rescue skills. It is specifically designed for lay rescuers who are required to obtain a course completion card – a credential – documenting completion of a CPR course.

   It teaches how to phone your emergency response number (or 911), how to answer a dispatcher’s questions, how to use a barrier device, how to give one-rescuer CPR to an adult, child, and infant, how to recognize choking, and how to help a choking victim.

   The course includes multiple learning activities, using videotapes, practice-while-watching sessions, and skills testing sessions.

   The course includes multiple learning activities, using videotapes, practice-while-watching sessions, and skill testing sessions. There are both written and skills testing examinations.

   A course completion card will be issued within 10 days after successful completion of the course. Temporary certificate will be given on the day of course completion.

Family and Friends – Adult/Child/Infant
(Fee: $30.00)

   This 2-1/2 hour course targets all lay rescuers (people with limited or no medical training), such as school children, family members of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, and other laypersons who want to learn rescue skills. It is specifically designed for lay rescuers who want to learn how to provide CPR in a safe, timely manner, but who are not required to obtain a course completion card or credential for completion of a CPR
course.
   
   It teaches how to phone your emergency response number (or 911), how to answer a dispatcher’s questions, how to give one-rescuer CPR to an adult, child, and infant, how to recognize choking, and how to help a choking victim.

   The course includes multiple learning activities, using videotapes, practice-while-watching sessions, and skills practice sessions.

   A course participation card, not a course completion card, will be issued after successful completion of the course.

Heartsaver First Aid and CPR – Adult/Child/Infant
(Fee: $85.00)

   This 8 hour course targets all lay rescuers (people with limited or no medical training), and/or professional rescuers who may need to act as first responders and deliver first aid to victims with medical, injury, and environmental emergencies at work, home, or in the community, who will have access to or be expected to use an AED (automated external defibrillator) and administer basic first aid. It is specifically designed for
rescuers who are required to obtain a course completion card – a credential –
documenting completion of a First Aid Course with CPR & AED.
   
   It teaches how to phone your emergency response number (or 911), how to answer a dispatcher’s questions, how to use a barrier device (mask), how to give one-rescuer CPR to an adult, child, and infant, how to recognize choking, how to help a choking victim, what an AED does, steps for using an AED, how to use an AED for victims 1 year of age or older, how to recognize many medical, injury, and environmental emergencies, and how to deliver first aid for those emergencies.

   The course includes multiple learning activities, using videotapes, practice-while-watching sessions, skills and written testing sessions. Students must have current student textbook before, during, and after class.

   A course completion card will be issued within 10 days after successful completion of the course. Temporary certificate will be given on the day of course completion.

   Heartsaver First Aid Courses are not routinely scheduled but instead can be held on-site at your school or place of business for groups of six or more. Please call 917-3404038 for more information or to schedule a course.