American Safety and Health Institute Basic Life Support Course is designed for individuals in the healthcare or professional rescuer field that are required to have professional-level basic life support training. Certification is valid for 2 years from course completion date.
About the Course
Students learn how to recognize a life-threatening emergency, how to provide basic life support and what to do in case of an airway obstruction or choking. BLS covers life-saving skills for adults, children, and infants.
There is a written and a skill evaluation for successful completetion of the course.
Primary Audience
Individuals in the healthcare or professional rescuer field that are required to have professional-level basic life support training.
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ASHI CPR and AED - Hands On
You Receive your card the day of class E-manual included
This course is NOT for healthcare providers, or students in healthcare related programs. Healthcare providers and students should take BLS CPR for Healthcare Providers. Please check with your institution to make sure this is the correct course for you.
American Safety and Health Institute CPR AED is nationally recognized
The CPR AED course covers:
Adult CPR AED
Adult Choking
Including:
Child CPR AED
Infant CPR
Child and Infant Choking
Causes and effects of opioid overdose
The opioid epidemic in the U.S.
Course length is approximately up to 2 hours, with skills testing by an ASHI instructor or skills evaluator during the course.
The ASHI CPR AED course is intended for all individuals who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements, including:
- security and airline personnel
- camp counselors
- police and firefighters
- teachers and day-care workers
- aerobics teachers/physical-fitness trainers
- other individuals who want or need CPR training.
This extremely flexible program will help prepare individuals to respond to a cardiac arrest and choking. This program conforms to the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC.
Cancellations and Reschedules: ALL SALES ARE FINAL. Courses are NON REFUNDABLE. If you are late for a class you have 1 month to re-take another course (same type) at no extra cost. Please give us notice if you plan on re-scheduling so that we can reserve you a seat. Thank you.*Ecards issued same day. NO SHOWS are NON REFUNDABLE/ NO RESCHEDULE.
Class Cancellations & Reschedules
** CANCELLATIONS & RESCHEDULES: ALL SALES ARE FINAL. CLASSES ARE NON REFUNDABLE. Online learning Courses are NOT REFUNDABLE. It is your responsibility to confirm that you enroll in the correct course.We are not responsible if you select and attend the wrong course.You will NOT be admitted to the course if you are late. If you are late for a class you have 1 month to re-take another (same type) course at no extra cost (no refunds). Please note we can only reschedule you once without charging a fee- any reschedule after that is a fee of $10. Please give us notice if you plan on rescheduling so that we can reserve you a seat. NO SHOWS are NON REFUNDABLE/ NO RESCHEDULE.
CPR Product Returns & Refunds
Online Courses cannot be returned/refunded.No refunds on CPR products.
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