BLS - Basic Life Support Provider Course

BLS Full Provider Course

The American Heart Association’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate breaths and ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. The course reflects science and education from the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

Who should take this course?

The BLS Provider Course is designed for healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, EMTs, therapists) and first responders (police, firefighters) who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.

Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion eCard, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

What does this course teach?

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• BLS concepts from the Chain of Survival
• Delivering effective breaths or ventilations
• Importance of early use of and how to use an AED
• Performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants

Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.

INSTRUCTOR: Tracy Tonsor is a certified BLS Instructor of North Central Michigan College's American Heart Association's Training Center.