Learn to Deal With Cardiac Arrest and Save Lives
Course Options During COVID-19
Blended Learning Courses
Blended Learning combines online learning and in-classroom training to offer a comprehensive experience. The course covers the same course curriculum and teaches the same skills as an instructor-led course, but divides the delivery of the course into two parts:
Blended learning is a low-barrier option that accommodates various learning styles and student needs. Our blended learning online component uses a variety of eLearning engagement tools
and media such as videos, animations, self-directed learning and interactive activities, and includes an online exam module. Know more about the course:
New to BLS, or use your skills infrequently? This option is for you – offering extended practice time and practice-while-watching video segments to hone your skills prior to evaluation.
Duration - ~2 hours ( in-class )
Certificate length - 1 year
Confident in your BLS skills, but don’t use them routinely in your normal practice? This option is designed for seasoned healthcare providers – providing the opportunity for focused practice prior to skills evaluation.
Duration - ~1.5 hours (in-class)
Certificate length - 1 year
Are you a highly proficient provider who uses your BLS skills daily or weekly? This fast-paced experience is for you – with minimal practice before skills testing – your success is in your hands!
Duration - ~1 hour ( in-class)
Certificate length - 1 year
Interim Training Courses
Given the importance of physical distancing and other protective measures, Heart & Stroke has developed a two-part approach, deconstructing our traditional instructor-led learning programs into a cognitive element and an in-person skills element, which can be completed at a later date (after the pandemic):
Know more about the course details:
Duration - Part 1 = ~3h | Part 2 = ~1.5 h
Certificate length - 1 year, from completion of Part 2
Duration - Part 1 = ~6h | Part 2 = ~6 h
Certificate length - 2 year, from completion of Part 2
Duration - Part 1 = ~6h | Part 2 = ~6 h
Certificate length - 2 year, from completion of Part 2
Heartsaver® CPR AED
Basic Life Support (Formally Health Care Provider) BLS
Heartsaver is the essential CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) course. Foundational and flexible, Heartsaver provides you with the skills and confidence to respond to a cardiac arrest.
The vast majority of cardiac arrests happen at home, in public places and workplaces. If you ever witness one, chances are it will happen to a family member or someone you work with or care about.
Heartsaver is designed for people who don’t have medical training but want to learn how to help someone having a cardiac arrest.
This course is for:
Features:
Content
The Heartsaver CPR AED course covers:
The Heartsaver CPR AED Level C course incorporates all of the above, with the addition of a written knowledge exam.
Other course options include the addition of:
Heartsaver® CPR AED Level C
Basic Life Support (Formally Health Care Provider) BSL
Basic Life Support (BLS) is the foundation for saving lives. It is designed for healthcare providers and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of settings or those in a healthcare training program.
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Basic Life Support teaches single-rescuer and a team basic life support skills for application in both pre-hospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on high-quality CPR and team dynamics.
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It will train you to quickly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED through simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations.
Features:
​Reflects science of the most recent Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
Hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
Emphasis on high-quality CPR, including team dynamics
Video-based course with real-world scenarios
Content:
High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
Chain of survival
Use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
Ventilations using a barrier device and bag-valve-mask
Multi-rescuer resuscitation
Team dynamics
Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants
CME/CPD Credits & Accreditation
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
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Heart & Stroke BLS Provider & BLS Provider Renewal Course eligible for two (2) credits per hour under Section 2 of the MOC Program as ‘Traineeships’.
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Heart & Stroke is committed to continuous assessment and accreditation of our resuscitation programs. Check with your college or professional affiliation to see if this course is eligible for credits.