In-Person Classroom
The whole course with an instructor in the room: lessons, practice and testing, start to finish.
- Instructor-Led
- Full Course in Person
- Your Station or Ours
AHA Courses · BLS · ACLS · PALS · Heartsaver
AHA Courses for
Crews on the Truck.
BLS, ACLS, PALS, every Heartsaver course and instructor training, with ASLS coming soon. Classroom, blended (hybrid), skills-only or voice-assisted manikin sessions, at our training center or at your station anywhere in the USA.
Next Available Dates
- PALS Provider Course Sample Date
- Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens Sample Date
- ACLS Provider Course Sample Date
Sound Familiar?
The Card Is Due. The Class Never Fits.
Your employer needs a current card, your schedule needs a class that fits, and your patients need a rescuer whose hands still know the work.
The Logistical Problem
Cards Expire on Their Own Schedule
An expired BLS or ACLS card can take you off the schedule. Finding the right course, in a format you can use, on a day you are off, eats hours you do not have.
The Emotional Problem
Will I Hold Up in a Real Code?
You passed the megacode two years ago. Compressions, rhythm calls, running the team: when the next arrest drops in front of you, will the skills still be there?
The Deeper Problem
Every Patient Deserves a Ready Rescuer
Whether it is a parent at the ballpark or a medic in the rig, the first rescuer shapes what happens next. They deserve real practice, not a rushed checkoff.
We Understand
Instructors Who Work the Job
We have all sat through the renewal class where nobody watched your compressions. Our AHA courses run the other way: real time on the manikin, instructors who work as providers, and dedicated skills labs for each advanced course, with rooms for hospital and prehospital providers.
How It Works
From Booking to eCard
Pick Your Course
Heartsaver for the workplace, BLS for every provider, ACLS and PALS for advanced teams, or an instructor course. Each tile shows length, price and the next date.
Choose How You Train
Full classroom, blended online plus skills, a skills-only session after the online portion, or a voice-assisted manikin session. Join a date at our training center or bring us to you.
Pass and Get Your eCard
Pass the skills test and any exam your course requires. Your AHA course completion eCard follows, good for two years. Bloodborne Pathogens has no skills test and ends in a one-year participation card.
Courses
AHA Courses We Teach
Heartsaver, BLS, ACLS, PALS, Bloodborne Pathogens and instructor courses. Open a course to see scheduled dates and seats, then reserve your seat. ASLS provider and instructor courses are coming soon.
BLS Provider Course
High-quality CPR, AED use, ventilations and team resuscitation for adults, children and infants. Classroom, blended, skills-only or VAM.
- In Person
- Hybrid
- Skills Only
- Self-Guided
Next: Oct 31 · Boise, ID Sample Date
ACLS Provider Course
Airway, rhythms, electrical therapy, drugs and team leadership for cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary emergencies. Classroom, blended, skills-only or VAM.
- In Person
- Hybrid
- Skills Only
- Self-Guided
Next: Oct 27 · Boise, ID Sample Date
PALS Provider Course
Systematic assessment and care of infants and children in respiratory distress, shock, arrhythmias and arrest. Classroom, blended or skills-only.
- In Person
- Hybrid
- Skills Only
Next: Oct 13 · Boise, ID Sample Date
Coming Soon
Advanced Stroke Life Support (ASLS) Blended Learning Provider Course
Blended stroke course for EMS and hospital teams: 14 stroke scales online, then a hands-on skills test. Prehospital, in-hospital or combined track.
- Hybrid
- Skills Only
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED
First aid plus adult CPR and AED use, with child and infant options, for the workplace. Designed to meet OSHA and other job requirements. Classroom or blended.
- In Person
- Hybrid
- Skills Only
Next: Oct 31 · Las Vegas, NV Sample Date
Heartsaver CPR AED
CPR and AED use for people outside healthcare who need a card for work. Adult CPR, with child and infant options. Classroom or blended.
- In Person
- Hybrid
- Skills Only
Next: Oct 28 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
Heartsaver First Aid
First aid without CPR: recognize an emergency, call for help and care for common injuries and illnesses until help arrives. Classroom or blended.
- In Person
- Hybrid
- Skills Only
Next: Oct 27 · Salt Lake City, UT Sample Date
Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED
Child and infant first aid, CPR and AED use for childcare staff, teachers and coaches. Designed to meet childcare requirements in all 50 states.
- In Person
- Hybrid
- Skills Only
Next: Oct 31 · Boise, ID Sample Date
Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens
One-hour course on blood exposure at work using Protect, Act, Clean, Tell. Designed to meet OSHA training rules with site-specific instruction.
- In Person
Next: Oct 13 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
BLS Instructor Essentials Course
Teach BLS and every Heartsaver course. Instructor Essentials online, a classroom day with Training Center Faculty, then a monitored first class.
- Hybrid
Next: Oct 31 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
Heartsaver Instructor Essentials Course
Teach Heartsaver first aid, CPR and AED courses at your workplace. No healthcare license needed. Online Essentials, a classroom day, a monitored class.
- Hybrid
Next: Oct 30 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
ACLS Instructor Essentials Course
For licensed providers with a current ACLS card. Instructor Essentials online, a classroom day, then a monitored full ACLS course.
- Hybrid
Next: Nov 19 · Salt Lake City, UT Sample Date
PALS Instructor Essentials Course
For licensed providers with a current PALS card. Instructor Essentials online, a classroom day and a monitored PALS course. PALS Instructors may teach PEARS.
- Hybrid
Next: Nov 13 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
Coming Soon
ASLS Instructor Essentials Course
For advanced providers with a current ASLS card. ASLS Instructor Essentials online, an 8-hour hands-on day and a monitored provider course.
- Hybrid
Your Station or Ours
Where Your Class Happens
On-Site at Your Agency
We bring instructors and training equipment to your station, hospital or academy, anywhere in the USA.
Best for Agencies and hospitals training a group on the same dates.
- We Come to You
- Private Classes
- Your Dates
Online + Skills Day
Finish the self-paced online portion first, then come to a hands-on session to practice and verify your skills.
Best for Providers who want less time in a classroom seat.
- Self-Paced
- Skills in Person
- Fewer Days Away
Our Training Center
Open-enrollment dates at our own training center. Sign up on your own and train alongside providers from other agencies.
Best for Individual providers and small crews who need a seat, not a private class.
- Open Enrollment
- Individual Seats
- Sim Labs on Site
Simulation Lab
Run scenarios in hospital and prehospital rooms with manikins, virtual reality and advanced equipment.
Best for Crews who want more reps on high-risk, low-frequency skills.
- Hospital + Field
- Virtual Reality
- Book by the Hour
The Stakes Are Real
A Checkoff Class vs. Real Practice
Without Code Blue Training
Lapsed Cards, Lost Shifts
A card that ran out last month can keep you off the schedule until a class opens up.
Rushed Checkoffs
Crowded rooms and quick checkoffs mean nobody really watches your compressions or your team lead.
Wrong Course, Wrong Format
Booking Heartsaver when the job needs BLS, or a full class after you already did HeartCode, costs time and money.
Skills That Fade
Two years is a long time to go without your hands on a manikin.
With Code Blue Training
Current Cards, No Scramble
Public dates at our training center and private classes at your station, ending in an AHA eCard your employer can verify.
Practice That Looks Like Work
Separate lab rooms for hospital teams and prehospital crews, so practice looks like your real workplace.
The Right Course the First Time
We help you match the course and format your employer asks for, from Heartsaver to ACLS, before you pay.
Reps Between Renewals
Book hourly time in our Simulation Labs whenever you want to run a skill again before the next card is due.
Questions
AHA Course Questions, Answered
Two years, through the end of the month it was issued. Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens is the exception: it ends in a one-year participation card, because OSHA requires annual bloodborne pathogens training. Course completion cards come as eCards you claim by email, and your employer can verify them online.
Only the online part. Blended (hybrid) courses, HeartCode for BLS, ACLS and PALS and Heartsaver Online for workplace courses, start with an online portion you finish on your own time from anywhere, followed by a shorter hands-on skills practice and testing session. They end with the same AHA course completion card as a classroom course. We do not teach AHA courses over live video: every course that ends in a course completion card includes a hands-on skills test, with our instructor at your station or ours, or on a voice-assisted manikin.
VAM stands for voice-assisted manikin. After you finish HeartCode BLS or HeartCode ACLS online, you complete the hands-on skills test on an AHA-approved manikin that coaches and scores you by voice, with no instructor running the checkoff. BLS covers adult and infant skills. ACLS covers adult skills. You can repeat a skill until you meet the standard. Some employers also require an instructor-led ACLS megacode, so check with yours first.
Anyone who has finished the online portion of an AHA blended course, such as HeartCode BLS, ACLS or PALS, or Heartsaver CPR AED or First Aid online. Bring your online completion certificate, and book soon after you finish so the material is fresh.
Heartsaver CPR AED and Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED are the usual picks for workplace requirements. Heartsaver First Aid covers first aid alone. Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED is built for childcare and school staff. Bloodborne Pathogens is a one-hour course for anyone who may be exposed to blood at work. If your employer names a course, book that one.
Be at least 18 and hold a current AHA provider card in the course you want to teach. Find an AHA Training Center that is accepting instructor candidates and complete its instructor candidate application. Then complete the Instructor Essentials online course, attend the in-person session with Training Center Faculty, and be monitored teaching your first class within six months. ACLS and PALS instructors must also be licensed or certified in a healthcare occupation whose scope of practice covers those skills, and ASLS instructors must be advanced healthcare providers, such as paramedics or nurses. We run Heartsaver, BLS, ACLS and PALS instructor courses, and BLS Instructors can teach every Heartsaver course. ASLS instructor courses are coming soon.
Open a course, pick a session and select Reserve Seat. We hold your seat and email you the details. Contact us before the hold ends to pay by card over the phone or an agency purchase order. If no date works for you, request one.
Cancellation and reschedule terms depend on the course and are shown before you reserve. Contact us as early as you can and we will help you move to another date when seats are open.
Instructors across the USA · At your station or ours
AHA Courses, on Your Calendar.
BLS, ACLS, PALS, Heartsaver and Bloodborne Pathogens in classroom, blended or skills-only sessions, plus AHA instructor courses.
The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.