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Basic Life Support (BLS)

American Heart Association (AHA)

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The American Heart Association’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.

Duration

The online portion of HeartCode BLS can be completed in approximately 1 to 2 hours. Time to complete the hands-on skills session varies from 60 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the experience of the student.

Format

Hybrid

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Detailed information about this program

The American Heart Association’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.

Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
  • BLS concepts from the Chain of Survival
  • Delivering effective breaths or ventilations
  • Importance of early use of and how to use an AED
  • Performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
  • Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Health Education Specialists21-1091.00
  • Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary25-1072.00
  • Registered Nurses29-1141.00
  • Nursing Assistants31-1131.00
  • Nurse Practitioners29-1171.00
  • Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses29-2061.00
  • General Internal Medicine Physicians29-1216.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Course)

  • Health education materials such as brochures and visual aids — prepare and distribute under supervisor guidance to address targeted public health concerns such as smoking cessation or vaccine awareness.
  • Community agency contact lists and mailing databases — maintain and update following established protocols to support health education program operations.
  • Program activity records including presentation counts and persons assisted — document accurately using spreadsheet software under direct oversight.
  • Health education presentations for school or community audiences — deliver scripted or pre-developed content under mentorship in structured settings.
  • Public health surveys and needs assessment instruments — assist in administering using approved data collection tools and standardized procedures.
  • Written health promotion reports and bulletins — draft following departmental templates and editorial guidelines for review by senior staff.
  • Active listening and social perceptiveness — apply during community interactions to identify participant concerns and relay findings to the supervising specialist.
  • Presentation software and multimedia educational tools — use to assemble slide decks and instructional materials from existing content libraries.
  • Cooperative relationships with community organizations — begin establishing by attending joint meetings and following up on assigned correspondence under direction.
  • Health education program goals and objectives — review and interpret to align daily tasks with broader public health priorities as directed by program leadership.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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