Cobb County BLS Provider

Cobb County BLS Provider​

Instructor-led, hands-on class format

​Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course Cost

$110.00
​​​(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.)
​This course is non-refundable.

BLS FAQ

Click here for BLS Frequently Asked Questions

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

BLS Provider Course Estimated Time

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

​Cobb County BLS Provider​ Class Location

1640 Powers Ferry Rd SE Bldg 18 Suite 300
​Marietta, Georgia 30067

BLS Provider Course Description

​Attentive Safety offers the ​BLS Provider course to help healthcare providers in Cobb County develop the knowledge to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve adult, child and infant choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Classroom Course is designed for healthcare providers and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of settings or by those in a healthcare training program.
  • 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.
  • 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. 

​​Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course Times

10:30am
1:30pm
4:30pm
​7:30pm