Most Healthcare professionals are required to have a current CPR credential, and the American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare provider card is the gold standard.  The BLS Healthcare Provider Course is designed to provide healthcare professionals the ability to recognize life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.  The course is designed for certified, noncertified, licensed and nonlicensed healthcare professionals.

Intended Audience
Healthcare providers such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician’s assistants, residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.

Here are some of the major changes in 2005 guidelines:

• Increased compression to ventilation rate for adult victims from 15:2 to  30:2.  The goal for the compression rate for any age victim is now 100 compressions per minute.
• location of hands for compressions in now the inter-mammary line.
• Discontinue use of blind finger sweeps.
• For Children and Infant’s, 5 cycles of CPR must be completed prior to calling 911

Steps to complete the CPR Course Online:

1. Register and pay for the Online BLS Part 1 Course ($30)
2. Receive via email an online key within 24 hours of registration.
3. Complete the Online BLS Part 1 Course through the American Heart’s website
4. Attend a skills test at a location close to you (find one close to you)
5. Receive your certification card for the skills testing location.

The course fee for the online CPR class is $30.

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Do you live in South Florida?  Register for the Online Renewal Package which includes the Online class and skills evaluation for $50.

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Prerequisites
The adult learner is required to conduct a self-assessment.  The following are the requirements for entry into the course:

• You have had a previous professional CPR class for healthcare providers.
• You are proficient in the basic techniques and progression of the CPR sequence for adults, children, and infants.
• You are proficient in the relief of choking for adults, children, and infants and the proper use of an AED.
• Healthcare providers who do not meet the prerequisites should enroll in the 5-hour BLS for Health Care Provider Initial Provider Class (page 9).

Some of the Objectives Include

•Describe the steps of CPR (when to give breaths [including barrier devices], when to check for pulse, how to perform compressions at the proper depth and rate with complete chest recoil, and when to use an AED).
• Describe the signs and actions for severe airway obstruction in the responsive and unresponsive victim.
• Describe the links in the chain of survival, including the importance of activating the appropriate emergency response system, performing CPR, providing early defibrillation and ensuring that arrival of early advanced care by activating the appropriate emergency response system.
• Describe the signs of 4 common life-threatening emergencies in adults (cardiac arrest, choking, stroke, heart attack).

The course fee is $45 for 2.5 contact hours.  Please bring your copy of the AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers Student Manual. If you do not have a copy, you may call our office and purchase a copy for $12.00.

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LIST OF CLASSES:

Training for Lay Rescuers

Heartsaver CPR

Heartsaver First Aid

Heartsaver AED

Training for Healthcare Providers

BLS for Healthcare Providers – Initial Provider Course

BLS for Healthcare Providers – Renewal Course

BLS for Healthcare Providers – Online Renewal Course

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course

Instructor Classes

AHA Instructor Core

BLS Instructor Class

ACLS Instructor Class

PALS Instructor Class