CPR Training and Renewal for Healthcare Professionals
CPR: Healthcare Provider is a one-day class offered through HCC’s Workforce, Career & Community Education Division. As an authorized provider of American Heart Association (AHA) CPR Training, HCC instructors teach Basic Life Support (BLS) with the most currently available material from the American Heart Association. This course trains students to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED).
Who should take this course?
This class is available for practicing and aspiring health care workers, as well as the general public. If you are enrolled, or plan to enroll as an HCC Allied Health Clinical Student, you can satisfy the CPR requirement by successfully completing this course.
What will I learn?
- CPR for adults, children, and infants
- The AHA Chain of Survival
- Early use of an AED
- Effective ventilations using a barrier device
- The importance of teams and performance as a team member during multi-rescuer resuscitation
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
Course information
Upon successful completion of the class, you will receive a completion card valid for two years from the American Heart Association. If you currently hold a valid card from the AHA and need recertification, consider signing up for HCC's HeartCode® BLS Provider Renewal course.
Private classes are available to groups of six or more. Course fees do not represent income to the American Heart Association.
Ready to take a CPR class and become certified?
Please register for CPR: Healthcare Provider in advance by registering online using the link below, or by emailing NonCreditAlliedHealth@HowardCC.edu for assistance or to schedule a group class.
Already Certified? Take a CPR Renewal Course
HeartCode® BLS Provider Renewal is a self-paced eLearning course designed for healthcare professionals who require Basic Life Support (BLS) training for their clinical roles. Using adaptive learning technology, participants develop and demonstrate BLS knowledge and skills through interactive activities, assessments, and real-world scenarios.
Upon successful completion of the online coursework, students must attend a scheduled 2-hour, in-person laboratory session to complete the required hands-on skills evaluation. Participants who successfully complete both the online and in-person components will receive an AHA BLS Provider eCard, validating their BLS certification for two years.
CPR: Healthcare Provider (Fall Classes)
Health care provider students are taught Basic Life Support (BLS) with the most currently available material from the American Heart Association. This course is primarily for health care workers but is also open to the community. Topics cover one and two-person CPR techniques for adults, infants, and children; barrier device; bag mask; automatic external defibrillation (AED); and airway obstruction management. Upon successful completion of the class, you will receive a card good for two years from the American Heart Association. Fees charged do not represent income to the AHA. Book is included in the tuition. No refund seven days prior to start date. Contact NoncreditAlliedHealth@HowardCC.edu for additional information. Digital badge eligible (DB). 0.7 CEUs.
Tuition:
$115 (includes $95 in fees*)
Nov 7
Sat
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-454-7736 (7225)
Dec 5
Sat
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-454-7737 (7226)
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CPR: Healthcare Provider (Winter/Spring Classes)
Health care provider students are taught Basic Life Support (BLS) with the most currently available material from the American Heart Association. This course is primarily for health care workers but is also open to the community. Topics cover one and two-person CPR techniques for adults, infants, and children; barrier device; bag mask; automatic external defibrillation (AED); and airway obstruction management. Upon successful completion of the class, you will receive a card good for two years from the American Heart Association. Fees charged do not represent income to the AHA. Book is included in the tuition. No refund seven days prior to start date. Contact NoncreditAlliedHealth@HowardCC.edu for additional information. Digital badge eligible (DB). 0.7 CEUs.
Tuition:
$115 (includes $95 in fees)
Jan 9
Sat
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-454-7741 (2943)
Feb 13
Sat
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-454-7740 (2942)
Mar 13
Sat
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-454-7738 (2941)
Mar 18 (Renewal BLS)
Thu
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-456-7380 (9050)
Apr 10
Sat 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-454-7663 (2940)
May 1 (Renewal BLS)
Sat
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-456-7381 (9051)
May 8
Sat
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hickory Ridge
XH-454-7642 (2939)
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COURSE LEGEND
* Fees not eligible for waiver.
** Tuition and fees not eligible for waiver for XE courses.
(S) = Supplies needed. Instructor will provide list at first class.
(T) = Textbook recommended or required. Purchase at HCC Bookstore or online before first class.
(DB) = Digital badge eligible.
