BLS Provider for Georgia State University Kennesaw Students​

BLS Provider for Kennesaw State University Nursing Students​

Instructor-led, hands-on class format with an AHA BLS Instructor

BLS Provider Course Cost

$110.00
​(Payment must be received at least 24 hours prior to class time or $25 Walk-In fee applies. If paying less than 24 hours you must call for availability first.)
​This course is non-refundable.

BLS Provider Course Schedule

Classes held 7 days a week
​10:30am
1:30pm
4:30pm
​7:30pm

BLS Provider Course Estimated Length

(Based on 6:1 Student to Instructor Ratio)
​Full BLS Provider Course takes approximately 3 hours and 40 minutes to complete, including skills practice and skills testing
​Successful completion is based on achievement of the core learning objectives rather than a prescribed instruction time.

BLS Provider Course Locations

  • ​1640 Powers Ferry Rd SE Bldg 18 Suite 300, Marietta, Georgia 30067
  • 3688 Clearview Ave Suite 201, Doraville, Georgia 30340
  • 2806 Ruffner Rd Suite 104, Irondale, Alabama 35210​
  • 3442 Francis Rd Ste 110, Alpharetta, GA 30004​
  • 7323 East Main Street, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068

BLS Provider Course Completion Card

Upon completion of this course, students receive an American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Certification Card that is valid for two years.

BLS Provider Course Description

​Attentive Safety offers the BLS Provider course ​for Kennesaw State University Nursing Students​, healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in various in-facility and prehospital settings. Upon successfully completing the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please get in touch with your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

​The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
  • Updated to reflect new science in the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC
  • Teaches healthcare professionals how to perform high-quality CPR individually or as part of a team.
  • Designed for healthcare providers who must have a card documenting successful completion of a CPR course
Course contents:
  • Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
  • Describe all of the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
  • Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
  • Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children and infants
  • Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
  • Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device
  • Describe the importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
  • Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

​BLS Provider Course Completion Requirements

You will be using your BLS Provider Manual throughout the course.
BLS Precourse Letter
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  • Pass the 1 and 2 Rescuer Adult BLS with AED Skills Test
  • Pass the 2 Rescuer Child BLS Skills Test
  • Pass the 1 and 2 Rescuer Infant BLS with AED Skills Test
  • Pass the open-resource exam with a minimum score of 84%
    • An open-resource exam allows students the ability to use available resources, such as the ECC Handbook and Provider Manual, posters, etc, to process information analytically but also to think independently and creatively with curriculum content. 

Who Needs BLS Provider Certification?

Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training's BLS Provider classes are for healthcare providers. These requirements are driven by state licensing board regulations and detail which particular healthcare agencies or individual healthcare license holders that are required to maintain BLS Provider certification. This class can also be taken by medical professionals or students in a medical program who are interested in expanding their knowledge.

Individuals that usually require BLS Provider certification are: In addition, Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers training can be appropriate for first responders, such as police officers and firefighters, as well as for laypeople whose work brings them into contact with members of the public, such as school, fitness center, or hotel and restaurant employees.

Continuing Education Credits for EMS Professionals

Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training is now able to offer Continuing Education credits through CAPCE (Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education) for EMS professionals. This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 2.25 Basic CEHs, activity number 18-AMHA-F2-0001.