We're preparing to offer these courses. Courses follow current American Heart Association guidelines. Dates are not open yet. Join the waitlist. Joining does not reserve a seat or take payment. This site does not issue cards.
Healthcare and public safety
BLS Provider
Launch month coming soon.
BLS Provider is for nurses, physicians, EMTs and paramedics, dental teams, pharmacists, medical and nursing students, and other healthcare and public-safety professionals.
Learn high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants the way healthcare teams do it: fast, deep compressions with full recoil, minimal pauses, effective breaths with a pocket mask and bag-mask, and early AED use. You'll practice 1- and 2-rescuer CPR, team roles, choking relief for all ages, and opioid-associated emergencies, on manikins with real-time CPR feedback, then pass hands-on skills tests and a written exam.
Classroom planned
HeartCode® BLS planned
Launch month not set
| Planned format | Length |
|---|
| Classroom, full course | 4 h 30 min |
| Classroom renewal | 4 h |
| HeartCode BLS skills session | 2 h 45 min, after the online part |
Before class. Full course: none. Renewal: a current BLS Provider card. Whether a recently expired card is accepted is not set. HeartCode students bring the online certificate of completion.
Plan for testing. Adult CPR and AED skills, infant CPR skills (heel-of-one-hand and 2-thumb encircling), and a written exam with a planned passing score of at least 84%.
What to bring. Comfortable clothes for kneeling, water, and a snack. Students need access to the current BLS Provider Manual. Whether a manual is included later is not set. Renewal students bring a current card. Photo ID is not decided yet.
We're preparing to offer this course. No card is issued from this site today. A remote skills option is not planned. BLS course options on cpr.heart.org
Student manual sold separately.
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Workplace and community
Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED
Launch month coming soon.
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED is for workplace responders, teachers, coaches, camp and fitness staff, security, parents, and anyone without a healthcare duty to respond.
Learn to respond in the first minutes of an emergency: make sure the scene is safe, check the person, phone 9-1-1, and act. You'll practice CPR and AED use for adults, and in our adult-and-pediatric plan, for children and infants too, plus choking relief. First aid topics include stopping serious bleeding with direct pressure and tourniquets, allergic reactions and epinephrine pens, breathing problems, heart attack and stroke, low blood sugar, seizures, opioid overdose, shock, burns, injuries, heat and cold emergencies, and poisoning.
The final topic list follows the current Heartsaver course topics, including which optional topics we turn on. That list is not locked yet. "Adult and pediatric" here means child CPR AED, infant CPR, and child and infant choking included.
Classroom planned
Online plus skills planned
Launch month not set
| Planned format | Length |
|---|
| Classroom | 3.5 h base; 4–4.5 h with child and infant topics |
| Online Total path, then skills | 3 h online + 2 h skills |
Before class. None.
Plan for testing. Hands-on skills for everyone. The written exam is optional and given only when an employer or regulator requires it, in the classroom, with a planned passing score of 84%. Tell us at sign-up if an employer requires it.
Workplace wording. Designed to help meet OSHA and other workplace requirements. Check with your employer or regulator. This is not an OSHA approval.
Childcare. Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED is a separate course for people who care mainly for children. Whether we list it, and how it lines up with California childcare rules, is not decided. You can still mark it on the waitlist.
What to bring. Comfortable clothes for kneeling. Blended students bring the online certificate. Photo ID is not decided yet.
We're preparing to offer this course. No card is issued from this site today. Heartsaver course options on cpr.heart.org
Student manual sold separately.
Join the First Aid CPR AED waitlist
Clinical teams
ACLS Provider
Launch month coming soon.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support for nurses, physicians, PAs, NPs, paramedics, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, dentists who sedate, and other clinicians who direct or join the response to adult cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies.
Build on high-quality BLS to lead and work in a high-performance resuscitation team. You'll cover systematic assessment, airway management, rhythm recognition, defibrillation and electrical therapy, adult cardiac arrest, bradycardia, and tachyarrhythmia algorithms, acute coronary syndromes, stroke, and post-cardiac arrest care. You'll practice in team cases on CPR-feedback manikins, then demonstrate skills in a Megacode as team leader.
Usually 2 classroom days
HeartCode® ACLS planned
No virtual skills
| Planned format | Length, with breaks |
|---|
| Classroom full course, with video prework | 13.25–14.25 h |
| Classroom full course, all lessons in class | 15.5–16.5 h |
| Classroom update, with video prework | 8.25–9.25 h |
| HeartCode ACLS hands-on session | 6.75–7.75 h |
An 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. day fits an update or a HeartCode session, not a full course. Example schedules are not set.
Before class. Complete the ACLS Precourse Self-Assessment and score at least 70%. Bring the score report. Be proficient in high-quality BLS, ECG rhythm recognition, and basic ACLS pharmacology. A High-Quality BLS skills test is part of class. Update students bring a current ACLS Provider card. The expired-card rule is not set. There is no virtual skills option.
Plan for testing. High-Quality BLS skills, airway management skills, a Megacode as team leader, and a written exam with a planned passing score of at least 84%. HeartCode students complete the cognitive part online.
What to bring. The precourse score report, the current ACLS Provider Manual (whether an eBook is included later is not set), comfortable clothes, water, and a lunch plan. HeartCode students bring the online certificate. Update students bring a current card.
We're preparing to offer this course. No card is issued from this site today. Continuing-education credit is not set. ACLS course options on cpr.heart.org
Student manual sold separately.
Join the ACLS waitlist
Pediatric care
PALS Provider
Launch month coming soon.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support for clinicians who respond to emergencies in infants and children: ED, pediatric, and PICU nurses, paramedics, physicians, PAs, NPs, respiratory therapists, and pediatric dental teams.
Learn a systematic approach to the seriously ill or injured child: recognize and treat respiratory distress and failure, shock, arrhythmias, and cardiac arrest, then provide post-cardiac arrest care. You'll practice child and infant high-quality CPR, airway management, vascular access including intraosseous, and electrical therapy, then work as a team member or leader in pediatric case scenarios.
Usually 2 classroom days
HeartCode® PALS planned
No virtual skills
| Planned format | Length |
|---|
| Classroom full course, with video prework | 12.5 h with breaks |
| Classroom, all lessons in class | 17.5 h with breaks |
| Classroom update | 8 h 45 min with breaks |
| HeartCode PALS hands-on session | 4–5.5 h |
An 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. day fits an update, not a full course. Example schedules are not set. There is no virtual skills option.
Before class. Complete the PALS Precourse Self-Assessment and score at least 70%. Bring the score report. You'll pass child and infant BLS skills tests in class. Update students bring a current PALS Provider card. The expired-card rule is not set.
Plan for testing. 1- and 2-rescuer child BLS with AED, 1- and 2-rescuer infant BLS, two core case tests (one cardiac and one respiratory or shock), and a written exam with a planned passing score of at least 84%. Leading a case is allowed and is not required.
What to bring. The precourse score report, the current PALS Provider Manual (whether it is included later is not set), comfortable clothes, water, and lunch. HeartCode students bring the online certificate. Update students bring a current card.
We're preparing to offer this course. No card is issued from this site today. PALS course options on cpr.heart.org
Student manual sold separately.
Join the PALS waitlist