BLS Renewal

​BLS Renewal

Classroom Course with an American Heart Association Instructor

Register Online Below or Call: 1.877.531.2226

Same day certification cards issued immediately after class!

BLS Renewal Course Cost

$60.00
​​​​(Payment must be received at least 24 hours prior to class time or $25 Walk-In fee applies. Please call for availability first if paying less than 24 hours.)

​​2015 Guidelines: Open Resource Exams FAQ 

​As part of the new education methodologies, the AHA has adopted an open-resource policy for exams administered online through an eLearning course and in a classroom-based course. Learn more about Open Resource Exams and the rationale behind them here.

BLS Provider Card

BLS Renewal is a credentialed course.
Providers who successfully complete the BLS course receive a course completion card valid for two years.

BLS Renewal Course Description

​Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training's BLS Renewal 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. It includes adult, child, and infant rescue techniques. Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training's BLS Renewal Course also teaches relief of choking. 
After successfully completing the BLS Renewal Course, students should be able to
• Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
• Describe all of the steps of the Chain of Survival
• Apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
• Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
• Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
• Describe the importance of early use of an AED
• Demonstrate the appropriate use of an AED
• Provide effective ventilation by using a barrier device
• Perform high-quality CPR for a child
• Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
• Describe the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation
• Perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for an adult or child
• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for an infant

BLS Renewal Course Tests

You will be using your BLS Provider Manual throughout the course.
  • 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.