CPR/AED/First Aid Certifications

BLS trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilation and provide early use of an AED.

Designed for healthcare professionals & other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility & prehospital settings.

Expect to learn: high-quality CPR for all ages, the AHA Chain of Survival (specifically BLS components), early use of an AED, effective ventilations using a barrier device, importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and CPR, & relief of foreign body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants.

Cost of $50 for 2-year certification through the American Heart Association. Optional student workbook – $21.

Heartsaver courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (for example, OSHA), or other requirements.

Heartsaver courses are ideal for workforce employees (for example construction, childcare, health & fitness, hospitality, and more) or for those who want to be prepared for an emergency.

Expect to learn: identification of life-threatening medical or traumatic injuries, basic first aid response for emergencies, standard precautions to protect against bloodborne pathogens, high-quality CPR for all ages, important early use of an AED, relief of foreign body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children and infants.

Cost of $75 for 2-year certification through the American Heart Association. Optional student workbook – $4.