The America Heart Association’s Basic Life Support (BLS) course prepares students to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
- Tuition
- $95
- Contact hours
- 4
- CEUs
- 0.4
- Format
- In Person
Upcoming offerings
In Person
Meets on campus at the KSU Center.
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- Meets
- Tue 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Sessions
- 1 session
- Location
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
- Tuition
- $95
- Section
- 272PCPR1000A
Register for the In Person section beginning October 6, 2026
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- Meets
- Thu 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sessions
- 1 session
- Location
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
- Tuition
- $95
- Section
- 272PCPR1000B
Register for the In Person section beginning October 8, 2026
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- Meets
- Tue 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Sessions
- 1 session
- Location
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
- Tuition
- $95
- Section
- 273PCPR1000A
Register for the In Person section beginning February 2, 2027
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- Meets
- Sat 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sessions
- 1 session
- Location
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
- Tuition
- $95
- Section
- 273PCPR1000B
Register for the In Person section beginning February 6, 2027
-
- Meets
- Tue 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Sessions
- 1 session
- Location
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
- Tuition
- $95
- Section
- 274PCPR1000A
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- Meets
- Sat 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sessions
- 1 session
- Location
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
- Tuition
- $95
- Section
- 274PCPR1000B
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- Meets
- Tue 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Sessions
- 1 session
- Location
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
- Tuition
- $95
- Section
- 274PCPR1000C
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- Meets
- Thu 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sessions
- 1 session
- Location
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
- Tuition
- $95
- Section
- 274PCPR1000D
See all in person dates and details in the course catalog
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About this course
BLS Provider Manual is required and can be purchased at the AHA BLS Provider Manual store.
Who should take this course? This course is designed for healthcare professionals, other personnel, or anyone who needs or wants to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.
What does this course teach?
- High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
- The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
- Important early use of an AED
- Effective ventilations using a barrier device
- Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants