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BLS CoursesBLS Courses

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BLS Instructors Can Teach:BLS Instructors Can Teach:• BLS for Healthcare Providers BLS for Healthcare Providers

CourseCourse• HeartsaverHeartsaver®® Courses Courses• Family & FriendsFamily & Friends™™ Programs Programs

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Course Completion CardsCourse Completion Cards• Folding, non-adhesive cardFolding, non-adhesive card• Instructor fills inInstructor fills in– Student nameStudent name– Circles for modules NOT completedCircles for modules NOT completed– Issue dateIssue date– Recommended renewal dateRecommended renewal date– AHA region, training center, training siteAHA region, training center, training site– Instructor nameInstructor name

• Encourage student to sign cardEncourage student to sign card• Back includes chain of survival and Back includes chain of survival and

resources resources

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Course Completion CardsCourse Completion Cards

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BLS for Healthcare Providers:BLS for Healthcare Providers:Target AudienceTarget Audience

• Healthcare Healthcare providersproviders

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BLS for Healthcare Providers:BLS for Healthcare Providers:Course Topics and LengthCourse Topics and Length

Required Topics Course LengthAdult/child and infant 1- and 2-rescuer CPR

4.5 hours

Ventilations with a bag mask

Choking

AED use

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Heartsaver CPR:Heartsaver CPR:Target AudienceTarget Audience• Lay people with a Lay people with a

duty to respondduty to respond

A – Adult/Child CPR and Choking

B – Infant CPR and Choking

C – Adult/Child CPR With Mask

D – Infant CPR With Mask

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Heartsaver CPR:Heartsaver CPR:Course Topics and LengthCourse Topics and LengthTopic Required Optional Time

Adult/child CPR X 1.5 hours

Adult/child choking X 10 minutes

Infant CPR X 1 hour

Infant choking X 10 minutes

Adult/child CPR with mask X 10 minutes

Infant CPR with mask X 10 minutes

Total time 3.2 hours

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Heartsaver AED:Heartsaver AED:Target AudienceTarget Audience• Lay people with a Lay people with a

duty to respondduty to respond

A – Adult/Child CPR With Mask and Choking

B – Adult/Child AED

C – Infant CPR With Mask and Choking

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Heartsaver AED:Heartsaver AED:Course Topics and LengthCourse Topics and Length

Topic Required Optional Time

Adult/child CPR X 1.2 hours

Adult/child choking X 10 minutes

Adult/child AED X 50 minutes

Infant CPR with mask X 1.2 hours

Infant choking X 10 minutes

Total time 3.5 hours

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Heartsaver CPR in Schools:Heartsaver CPR in Schools:Target AudienceTarget Audience• Middle- and high-school Middle- and high-school

students seeking a students seeking a credential in CPRcredential in CPR

A – Adult/Child CPR and Choking

B – Adult/Child AED

C – Infant CPR and Choking

D – Adult/Child CPR With Mask

E – Infant CPR With Mask

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Heartsaver CPR in Schools:Heartsaver CPR in Schools:Course Topics and LengthCourse Topics and LengthTopic Required Optional Time

Adult/child CPR X 1.5 hours

Adult/child choking X 10 minutes

Infant CPR X 1.1 hours

Infant choking X 10 minutesAdult/child CPR with mask X 10 minutes

Infant CPR with mask X 10 minutes

Optional topics X 35 minutes

Total time 4 hours

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Heartsaver CPR in Schools (with AED):Heartsaver CPR in Schools (with AED):Course Topics and LengthCourse Topics and LengthTopic Required Optional Time

Adult/child CPR X 1.2 hours

Adult/child choking X 10 minutes

Adult/child AED X 1 hour

Infant CPR with mask X 1.1 hours

Infant choking X 10 minutes

Optional topics X 35 minutes

Total time 4.5 hours

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Heartsaver First Aid:Heartsaver First Aid:Target AudienceTarget Audience• Lay people with a Lay people with a

duty to respondduty to respond

A – Adult First Aid

B – Environmental Emergencies

C – Adult/Child CPR With Mask

D – Adult/Child AED

E – Infant CPR With Mask

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Heartsaver First Aid:Heartsaver First Aid:Course Topics and LengthCourse Topics and Length

Topic Required Optional Time

Adult first aid X 1.7 hours

Environmental emergencies X .5 hours

Bandaging X 5 minutes

Splinting X 10 minutes

Adult/child CPR with mask X 1.3 hours

Adult/child AED X 50 minutes

Infant CPR with mask X 1.2 hours

Infant choking X 10 minutes

Total time 6.2 hours

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Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid:Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid:Target AudienceTarget Audience• Lay people with a Lay people with a

duty to respondduty to respond

A – Pediatric First Aid

B – Asthma Care Training for Childcare Providers

C – Optional Pediatric First Aid Topics

D – Adult/Child CPR With Mask

E – Adult/Child AED

F – Infant CPR With Mask

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Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid:Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid:Course Topics and LengthCourse Topics and LengthTopic Required Optional Time

Pediatric first aid X 2.3 hours

Optional pediatric first aid emergencies X 10 minutes

Bandaging X 5 minutes

Splinting X 5 minutes

Asthma care training X 20 minutes

Rescue breathing X 20 minutesAdult/child CPR with mask X 1.3 minutes

Infant CPR with mask X 1.2 minutesAdult/child AED X 50 minutesTotal time 6.6 hours

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Family & FriendsFamily & Friends™™ CPR: CPR:Target AudienceTarget Audience• Family members, Family members,

friends, and friends, and members of the members of the general community general community who want to learn who want to learn CPR but do not CPR but do not need a completion need a completion cardcard

• Middle- and high-Middle- and high-school students school students who do not need a who do not need a completion cardcompletion card

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Family & Friends Family & Friends ™™ CPR (for Adult/Child): CPR (for Adult/Child):Program Topics and LengthProgram Topics and Length

Required Topics Program Length

Adult/child CPR 1 hour 15 minutes

Adult/child choking

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Family & Friends Family & Friends ™™ CPR (for Infants): CPR (for Infants):Program Topics and LengthProgram Topics and Length

Required Topics Program Length

Infant CPR 1 hour 15 minutes

Infant choking

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Family & Friends Family & Friends ™™ CPR (for all Ages): CPR (for all Ages):Program Topics and LengthProgram Topics and Length

Required Topics Total Program Length

Adult/child CPR 2.5 hours

Adult/child choking

Infant CPR

Infant choking

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Family & FriendsFamily & Friends™™ First Aid for Children: First Aid for Children: Target AudienceTarget Audience• Those caring for Those caring for

infants and infants and children, such as children, such as family members, family members, babysitters, and babysitters, and others providing in-others providing in-home care, who home care, who want basic first aid want basic first aid information but do information but do not need a course not need a course completion cardcompletion card

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Family & FriendsFamily & Friends™™ First Aid for Children : First Aid for Children :Program Topic and LengthProgram Topic and Length

Required Topic Program Length

Child first aid 45 minutes