Health & Safety
BLS – Healthcare Provider
The American Heart Association’s 2025 Basic Life Support (BLS) Course provides the essential foundation for recognizing and responding to cardiac arrest. The updated course reflects the 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC, incorporating the latest science, revised performance metrics, and updated resuscitation practices. It prepares participants to perform both single-rescuer and team-based BLS skills in prehospital and in-facility environments, with a strong emphasis on high-quality CPR, team dynamics, and the new universal Chain of Survival.
The 2025 BLS Provider Course includes updated guidance on:
· The 2025 Universal Chain of Survival
· Revised foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO) techniques.
· Updated recommendations for CPR quality, ventilation, and defibrillation practices
· Expanded opioid-related emergency response guidance.
· Updated cognitive aids for healthcare professionals.
· New science supports early recognition, rapid intervention, and coordinated team response.
In the Instructor-led course, students participate in realistic clinical simulations and hands-on learning stations. Under the guidance of an AHA BLS Instructor, participants complete:
· BLS skills practice
· Skills testing using updated 2025 performance criteria.
· A written exam reflecting the 2025 science and course content.
This updated course ensures that healthcare providers are trained using the most current evidence-based resuscitation practices, preparing them to deliver effective, high-quality care in cardiac arrest and life-threatening emergencies.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Heartsaver® CPR AED is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches adult CPR and AED use, as well as how to relieve choking on an adult. This course teaches skills with AHA’s research-proven Practice-While-Watching (PWW) technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills.
To make learning CPR easier, a system was devised that makes remembering it as simple as C-A-B:
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Circulation,
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Airway, and
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Breathing.
Other topics include:
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Recognition of life-threatening emergencies,
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How to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and
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Other topics required for certification.
1st Aid basics are essential to prevent further injury and save lives, at the same time. 1st Aid topics covered include:
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Rescuer duties,
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Victim and Rescuer Safety,
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Phoning for Help,
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Finding the Problem (*Skill You Will Demonstrate), and
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After the Emergency.
With the knowledge and skills you will learn in this course, YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE! You will learn the skills of CPR & 1st Aid for victims of all ages and will practice CPR & 1st Aid, in a team setting.
WHO WILL NEED TO TAKE THIS COURSE?
CPR & 1st Aid training is a course available for virtually anyone to complete and become certified. Many positions require certification in CPR & 1st Aid. Positions include:
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Physicians,
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Nurses,
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Respiratory Therapists, physical and occupational therapists,
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Physician’s assistants,
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Medical or nursing students in training,
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Aides,
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Medical or nursing assistants, and other allied health personnel,
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Security personnel,
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Teachers,
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Parents,
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Lifeguards,
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Airline personnel,
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Family members,
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Tattoo Artists
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Church Ushers,
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Babysitters, home sitters, and
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Many more.