Health Professions: Basic Life Support BLS/CPR/AED Courses

Basic Life Support Courses

Register for a CPR Course in Training Center Technologies: Less Stress

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CPR Training

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

This American Heart Association course is designed to prepare a wide variety of healthcare professionals to recognize several life-threatening emergencies and to provide CPR, use an AED and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. The course includes adult, child and infant rescue skills in both the out-of-hospital and in-hospital settings.

Basic Life Support Recertification for Healthcare Providers

This recertification course is for individuals who have a current card about to expire or that has expired in less than 30 days from date of course. A copy of your current card is required.

Heartsaver First Aid with CPR & AED

This course provides students with training in first aid, CPR, and use of an AED. This course empowers students to act with confidence in the event of an emergency at work, home, or in the community.

Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor Course

Steps to becoming an AHA Aligned Instructor:

  1. Have a current American Heart Association BLS Healthcare Provider Card
  2. Complete the online AHA Instructor Essentials Course at elearning.heart.org
  3. Contact RACC's American Heart Aligned Training Center at 610-607-6220 or email at shouck@racc.edu to schedule an instructor's class
    • Bring the online certificate to class
    • Instructor manuals and supplies will be supplied by RACC
  4. Within six months of completing the instructor's course, be monitored and evaluated while teaching a course

At the conclusion of this course, instructor candidates can teach the following courses:

  • Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
  • Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED
  • Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED
  • Bloodborne Pathogens
  • HeartSaver First Aid
  • HeartSaver CPR/AED
  • HeartSaver CPR/AED with First Aid

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Skills Testing

This course requires you to purchase and complete the ACLS or PALS online class and receive a certificate before scheduling the skills session. A student must pass the online and hands-on segments to receive an ACLS or PALS course card.

  • Complete the online class and receive a certificate. To register go to www.elearning.heart.org
  • Schedule a hands-on skills session with an ACLS or PALS instructor. 
  • To schedule a hands-on skills session, contact RACC at 610-607-6220 or email shouck@racc.edu

Questions? 

Sandra Houck
610-372-4721 ext. 6220
shouck@racc.edu