HeartCode BLS

HeartCode BLS is the American Heart Association blended-learning course for healthcare professionals who need Basic Life Support training for clinical or response duties. Learners complete the adaptive online cognitive portion first, then complete a hands-on skills session with an AHA Instructor or approved skills system to earn the AHA BLS Provider eCard, valid for two years.

What this course covers

Describe why high-quality CPR improves survival.

Apply BLS Chain of Survival concepts.

Recognize signs that someone needs CPR.

Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants.

Use correct compression hand placement, rate, depth, and chest recoil.

Provide effective breaths and ventilations.

Describe the importance of early AED use.

Demonstrate safe AED use.

Work effectively as a member of a multirescuer team.

Relieve foreign-body airway obstruction for adults, children, and infants.

Respond to an opioid-associated emergency.

Describe high-quality CPR considerations for pregnant people, including manual lateral uterine displacement during maternal cardiac arrest.

Describe the drowning Chain of Survival.

Recommended audience

Healthcare professionals, EMS personnel, clinical students, and other responders who need Basic Life Support knowledge and skills for in-hospital or out-of-hospital settings.

Before you register

American Heart Association course options may include online learning, skills sessions, or blended formats depending on the selected option.

Prerequisites

No prerequisite is required to purchase online-course-only access.
Learners pursuing the full AHA BLS Provider eCard must complete the HeartCode BLS online portion before the hands-on skills session.
Online-course-only access is the cognitive portion; an AHA hands-on skills session is required separately for the full BLS Provider eCard.