AHA BLS renewal course for Healthcare Professionals American Heart Association
Date/Time:	Fri 3/13/2026 at 2:30 PM
Location:	Code 9 CPR Casualty Training
Class Price:	$60.00
Notes:	For renewal of previous expired BLS certification. The 2025 Basic Life Support (BLS) course provides healthcare providers and public safety professionals the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adult child and infant patients. Consistent with the American Red Cross Focused Updates and Guidelines 2025 BLS is the foundational CPR/AED program typically required for healthcare providers and public safety professionals. Through the use of lecture skills demonstration practice and case-based emergency response scenarios with a focus on team-based response BLS builds the key critical thinking problem solving and team dynamic skills that are needed to drive better patient outcomes. Upon successful completion of the course learners will receive a 2-year Basic Life Support digital certificate with anytime anywhere access to certificate and training history.In support of improving patient care American Red Cross is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.The American Red Cross is an accredited provider of continuing education by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education.For additional information on receiving healthcare continuing education credit go to https://redcross.cloud-cme.com/content/ceinfo

The BLS Renewal Class is for those who are currently AHA BLS certified and needing to renew their certification.

This is an American Heart Association class.

The BLS Renewal course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills (CPR, AED) for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on High-Quality CPR and team dynamics. 

Students are required to have a currrent AHA BLS Provider certification for this class. 

If you do not have a current AHA BLS Provider certifiation you can register for a BLS Provider or a BLS Heartcode\Skills checkoff class.

What is covered in this course

• The steps of the Chains of Survival
• How to perform high-quality CPR for an adult, a child and an infant
• How to use an AED
• Effective team dynamics in a multi rescuer resuscitation
• How to treat special considerations in basic life support
• How to relieve for-body airway obstruction for an adult, a child and an infant

During the course there is lots of hands-on practice.

Students will be performing physical activity during much of the course while performing CPR.

At the conclusion of the course students will need to complete the 25 questions written test.

The current BLS Provider Student Manual is required for each student for this class.

BLS Manuals can be purchased online at

• American Heart Association (Shop CPR)

You do not have to be a medical professional to take this class. Non-medical personnel can take this class for CPR and AED training and receive the same AHA BLS certification.

Successful students receive an AHA eCertification valid for two years. The certification will be issued to the email you use to register for the class.