American Heart Association (AHA) Classes & Skills Sessions

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3-4 hours

     For students who do not have a current BLS certification

      Live, In-Person Classes for health care providers and prehospital responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of medical settings or by those in a health care training program.

     Includes Adult, Child & Infant CPR

     Prerequisites: None

3-4 hours

     For students who have a current BLS certification

      Live, In-Person Classes for health care providers and prehospital responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of medical settings or by those in a health care training program.

     Includes Adult, Child & Infant CPR

     Prerequisites: Current BLS Provider card

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour In-Person Skills Session with an Instructor 

      Only recommended for students who have a current BLS certification.

      Blended Learning for health care providers and prehospital responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of medical settings or by those in a health care training program. 

     Includes Adult, Child & Infant CPR

     Prerequisite: Complete "HeartCode® BLS" online (available when registering for class)

6-7 hours

      Live, In-Person Classes for health care providers and prehospital responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of medical settings or by those in a health care training program. 

     Includes Adult, Child & Infant CPR

     Prerequisites: None

4-6 hours 

     Live, In-Person Classes for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Module Options: Adult, Child & Infant First Aid CPR AED, or Adult First Aid CPR AED, or Child & Infant First Aid CPR AED.

      Prerequisites: None

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour In-Person Skills Session with an Instructor

     Blended Learning for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR, AED & First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour Virtual Skills Session with an Instructor

     Blended Learning for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR, AED & First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED" online (available when registering for class).

1.5-3 hours 

     Live, In-Person Classes for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Module Options: Adult, Child & Infant CPR AED, or Adult CPR AED, or Child & Infant CPR AED.

     Prerequisites: None

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour In-Person Skills Session with an Instructor

     Blended Learning for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR & AED course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver® CPR AED" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour Virtual Skills Session with an Instructor

     Blended Learning for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR & AED course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver® CPR AED" online (available when registering for class).

2-2.5 hours 

     Live, In-Person Classes for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Includes Adult, Child & Infant First Aid

     Prerequisites: None

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour In-Person Skills Session with an Instructor

     Blended Learning for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver® First Aid" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour Virtual Skills Session with an Instructor

     Blended Learning for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver® First Aid" online (available when registering for class).

4-6 hours 

     Live, In-Person Classes for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Module Options: Adult, Child & Infant First Aid CPR AED, or Child & Infant First Aid CPR AED.

      Prerequisites: None 

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour In-Person Skills Session with an Instructor

     Blended Learning for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR, AED & First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED" online (available when registering for class). 

1-2 hour Self-Paced Online Class & 1 hour Virtual Skills Session with an Instructor

     Blended Learning for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a CPR, AED & First Aid course completion card for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

     Prerequisite: Complete "Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED" online (available when registering for class). 

1-2 hours 

    Live, In-Person Classes For anyone who needs basic bloodborne pathogens training for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. 

     Prerequisites: None

1-2 hour online course (no skills session)

      Online Only Class for anyone who needs basic bloodborne pathogens training for their job, regulatory or other requirements; or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. 

     Prerequisite: None

2-3 hours 

     Live, In-Person Classes for anyone with little or no medical training who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting (No certification card provided).

     Prerequisites: None

1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching

     For students who have a current BLS certification

    Live, In-Person Classes for any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association BLS, BLS Renewal and Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED classes and BLS and Heartsaver® Skill Sessions.

     Prerequisites: Current BLS Provider card & complete "BLS Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching

     For students who have a current BLS or Heartsaver® certification

     Live, In-Person Classes for any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED classes and Skill Sessions. 

     Prerequisites: Current BLS or Heartsaver® Provider card & complete "Heartsaver® Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching

     For students who have a current ACLS certification

    Live, In-Person Classes for any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association ACLS and ACLS Update classes and ACLS Skill Sessions. 

     Prerequisites: Current ACLS Provider card & complete "ACLS Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching

     For students who have a current PALS certification

      Live, In-Person Classes for any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association PALS, PALS Update and PEARS® classes and PALS Skills Sessions. 

     Prerequisites: Current PALS Provider card & complete "PALS Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching

     For students who have a current ASLS® certification

     Live, In-Person Classes for any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association ASLS® classes. 

      Prerequisites: Current ASLS® Provider card & complete "ASLS® Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching

     For students who have a current ACLS EP certification

    Live, In-Person Classes for any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association ACLS for Experienced Providers classes. 

     Prerequisites: Current ACLS EP Provider card & complete "ACLS EP Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).

1-2 hour online precourse; 6-7 hour in-person instructor class; monitored teaching

     For students who have a current PEARS® certification

     Live, In-Person Classes for any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association PEARS® classes. 

      Prerequisites: Current PALS or PEARS® Provider card & complete "PEARS® Instructor Essentials" online (available when registering for class).

The Advanced Life Support (ALS) Modules offer high-level topics beyond Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) content and Continuing Education (CE) Credit. Each module uses the self-directed True Adaptive™ learning technology.

     The AHA’s ALS Modules are for advanced healthcare providers who are seeking additional content beyond ACLS. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, and others.

Advanced Life Support (ALS) modules are self-directed, adaptive learning online courses designed for advanced healthcare providers who are seeking additional content beyond ACLS.  Each module offers continuing education credits, please refer to each product for individual details.

      Bundle & Save: select this product to receive all 10 modules and receive 5% off.

     Prerequisites: None

The ALS: Advanced Airway Management Module is designed to teach providers how to evaluate and determine the need for an advanced airway in patients. This course provides instruction on the strategies of oxygen monitoring and delivery prior to advanced airway placement. It also demonstrates the strategies and goals of advanced airway insertion, troubleshooting issues, ensuring proper placement, and monitoring the patient.

     Prerequisites: None

The ALS: Advanced ECG Module describes more complex arrhythmias, such as second and third-degree heart blocks, wide complex tachycardia, and narrow complex tachycardia.

     Prerequisites: None

The ALS: High-Performance Teams Module covers the essential role of high-performance teams in improving survival from cardiac arrest. It educates students on how high-performance teams carry out their roles in highly effective manners, resulting in superior performance and timing, which can translate to improved survival for patients in cardiac arrest.

     Prerequisites: None

Maternal Cardiac Arrest (MCA) is a life-threatening event that may occur in any healthcare setting, even outside the hospital. Cardiac arrest in this population poses unique challenges to a healthcare team since there are critical actions affecting two patients. This module explores the why of MCA and how to treat pregnant cardiac arrest patients within a hospital.

     Prerequisites: None

The ALS: Mechanical Circulatory Systems Module describes the introduction to mechanical circulatory support, general concepts of patient selection, and types of percutaneous mechanical circulatory support. 

     Prerequisites: None

The ALS: Opioid Module is designed to help clinical team members provide immediate treatment and care for adult opioid overdose victims. 

     Prerequisites: None

Keeping in mind that 2020 Guidelines for CPR and ECC highlighted the new 6th recovery link in the Chain of Survival, the ALS: Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Module describes the pathophysiology of post-arrest syndrome, the initial management of post-cardiac arrest (first 30 min), and 24-to-72-hour post-ROSC management.

     Prerequisites: None

The ALS: Procedural Sedation Module covers pre-procedural considerations for the use of procedural sedation, including identification of the levels of sedation and when sedation becomes general anesthesia. The course describes how to evaluate patients prior to, during, and post-procedural sedation. 

     Prerequisites: None

The ALS: Respiratory Emergencies Module covers several of the most common respiratory emergencies including severe asthma, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, anaphylaxis, peri-intubation arrest, pulmonary embolism, and noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.  

     Prerequisites: None

The ALS: Trauma Module covers the systematic evaluation of a trauma patient, including performing initial lifesaving maneuvers. 

     Prerequisites: None