Inova Health System is pleased to offer a wide variety of American Heart Association classes that are open to the community.

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Heartsaver Course Descriptions

Heartsaver AED

• The American Heart Association Heartsaver AED course covers AED, CPR and use of barrier devices for adults.
  
• Age considerations to determine when to use Adult skills for CPR and AED is ages 8 and above.
• A skills test is required.
  
• After successful completion of this class, a card valid for two years will be issued.
  
• 2 hour course
  

Heartsaver AED with Infant CPR Skills

• The American Heart Association Heartsaver AED with Infant CPR Skills course covers AED, CPR and barrier device use for adults, children and infants.
  
• You will also learn choking relief skills for children and infants.
  
• A skills test is required.
  
• After successful completion of this class, a card valid for two years will be issued.
  
• 4 hour course
  

Heartsaver First Aid

• This American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives.
  
• Course content includes:
  
• First Aid Basics
  
• Medical Emergencies
  
• Injury Emergencies
  
• Environmental Emergencies
  
• A written test is part of the course, material is contained in the student manual.
  
• After successful completion of this class, a card valid for two years will be issued.
  
• 3 hour course
  

Heartsaver First Aid with CPR and AED

• This American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid with CPR and AED course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives.
  
• Course content includes:
  
• CPR for Adult, Child and Infant 
• Use of a barrier device while doing CPR
• Choking relief for all age groups
• First Aid Basics 
• Medical Emergencies
  
• Injury Emergencies
  
• Environmental Emergencies 
  
• A skills test for First Aid, CPR & AED is part of the course.
  
• Successful completion of these skills according the AHA Guidelines is required to pass this course. All necessary material is contained in the student workbook.
  
• After successful completion of this class, a card valid for two years will be issued.
  
• 8 hour course 

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BLS for Health Care Provider (HCP) Course Descriptions

BLS for HCP

• This American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers Course for audiences such as EMS personnel, doctors, nurses, dentists, etc., who are required to have a credential documenting successful course completion.
  
• Core materials include:
  
• Adult and pediatric CPR
  
• Two-rescuer scenarios
  
• Use of a Bag-valve-mask
  
• Foreign body airway obstruction
  
• Use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
  
• Successful completion of a written test and skills test are required to pass this course.
  
• After course completion criteria are met, a card valid for two years will be issued.
  
• 5 hour course
  

BLS for HCP Renewal

• This American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers Course for audiences such as EMS personnel, doctors, nurses, dentists, etc., who are required to have a credential documenting successful course completion who have previously taken a BLS for HCP class.
  
• It is recommended that students taking the BLS Renewal have a current BLS card.
  
• If a student does not have a current BLS for HCP card, they may take this class but if they do not pass there will not be an opportunity granted for remediation of skills or written test and the student will need to register for a BLS Provider Course at the full cost of the provider course.
  
• After course completion criteria are met, a card valid for two years will be issued.
  
• 4 hour course
  
• Please bring your current BLS for HCP card with you to class in case remediation is needed. Without proof of a current BLS for HCP card, no remediation will be provided.
  

Certification Skills Course for the AHA BLS Online Renewal Course

• The American Heart Association BLS Online Renewal Course is a two part course.
  
• The first part of a two part course is completed online and it reviews and tests the cognitive course content required for successful completion of the BLS for HCP course.
  
• The skills check off session is the second part of this course that tests these skills:
  
• Adult and pediatric CPR
  
• Two-rescuer scenarios
  
• Use of a Bag-valve-mask
  
• Foreign body airway obstruction
• Use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• Skill Certification takes one half hour
• It is recommended that students taking the AHA BLS Online Renewal Course have a current BLS for HCP card.
  
• If a student does not have a current BLS card, they may take this class but if they do not pass there will not be an opportunity granted for remediation of skills or written test and the student will need to register for a BLS Provider Course at the full fee for the BLS for HCP class.
  
• Only the American Heart Association approved course can be taken as the first part of this course – www.onlineaha.org.
  
• After course completion criteria are met, a card valid for two years will be issued.
  
• Please bring your current BLS for HCP card with you to class in case remediation is needed. Without proof of a current BLS for HCP card, no remediation will be provided.
  

BLS Instructor Course

• The American Heart Association BLS Instructor Course prepares Instructor Candidates to teach the BLS Provider and Renewal courses, Heartsaver courses, and Family and Friends courses.
  
• Instructor candidates must have excellent skills and have a recommendation from an instructor to attend this course.
  
• Requirements for this course include:
  
• Current American Heart Association BLS for HCP card
  
• Letter of recommendation
  
• Alignment with an American Heart Association Training Center
  
• Heartsaver First Aid card if candidate is not a health care provider
  
• Excellent CPR skills to be demonstrated before the course
  
• Completion of the Core Instructor Course prior to the classroom BLS Instructor Course
  
• After successful completion of the Core Instructor Course, BLS Instructor Course and monitoring teaching a BLS for HCP course the instructor candidate will be considered successful in the course completion and an Instructor card will be issued by the candidates chosen AHA Training Center.

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Family and Friends Course Descriptions

Infant CPR

• This American Heart Association Family and Friends course teaches Infant (birth to 12 months) CPR skills - obstructed airway skills are also taught.
  
• This course is designed for those people who would like to learn the above skills but who do not have a need for a certification card.
  
• Please do not bring children to class.
  
• 2 hour course
  

Family and Friends CPR

• This American Heart Association Family and Friends course teaches Adult, Child and Infant CPR skills and obstructed airway skills.
  
• This course is designed for those people who would like to learn the above skills but who do not have a need for a certification card.
  
• Please do not bring children to class.
  
• 3 hour course

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