Class Enrollment

Heartcode BLS (Online Portion + Skills Session) - American Heart Association
Date/Time:	Mon 4/7/2025 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location:	Caregivers Society - 4123 N. Tamiami Trail, Suite 201, Sarasota, FL 34234
Class Price:	$79.00

HeartCode BLS is the online portion of BLS blended learning. It 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, students must attend a structured Instructor-led hands-on session that focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, team scenarios, discussions of local protocols, and skills testing.

After successfully completing the BLS Course, students should be able to:

• Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
• Describe all the steps of the Chain of Survival
• Apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
• Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
• Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
• Describe the importance of early use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• Demonstrate the appropriate use of an AED
• Provide effective ventilation using a barrier device
• Perform high-quality CPR for a child
• Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
• Describe the importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation
• Perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for an adult or child
• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for an infant

Course Length

The online portion of HeartCode BLS can be completed in approximately 1 to 2 hours. The hands-on session can be completed within 2 hours. However, students can log in and out as many times as they choose. However, the written exam must be taken in one sitting.

Course Materials

Students may access all material included in the online portion of HeartCode BLS program for 24 months following initial activation of their course.

Course Completion Card or Certificate

Upon successful completion of the online portion, including the course exam, students receive a certificate of completion, which they must present for entry into an Instructor-led hands-on session. Upon successful completion of the skills session, students will receive their AHA Course Completion eCard to their email. Course completion cards are valid for two years.

Price: $79