AHA BLS Skills Session Heartcode BLS Parts 2 and 3

AHA 2025 Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers hands on practice and skills testing session is an in person classroom course taken after the student completes the American Heart Association E-Learning course called Heartcode BLS. HeartCode BLS uses a variety of eLearning assets such as dramatizations, eSimulations, animations, self-directed learning, and interactive activities to teach students BLS knowledge and skills. Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare professionals trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality CPR, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. The online course can be taken by going to onlineaha.org. The online portion of the course is $36 which includes an Ebook. The in person hands on skills testing portion is $50.

HeartCode BLS is the AHA’s blended learning delivery method for the BLS Course. HeartCode blended learning delivers quality resuscitation education regardless of where providers are located and gives them more control to complete the course at their own pace. Providers first complete the online portion of HeartCode BLS and then complete a hands-on skills session with an AHA BLS Instructor or on a simulation station.

The BLS Skills Session is a comprehensive assessment of basic life support (BLS) skills. It is designed to evaluate an individual's knowledge and proficiency in performing essential BLS skills such as chest compressions, rescue breathing, and automated external defibrillation (AED)

Access to the BLS Provider Manual eBook ISBN : 978-1-68472-319-5 is included with HeartCode BLS. You will be able to access the Provider Manual from within the course.

How does the 2025 Guidelines version of HeartCode differ from the 2020 Guidelines version of HeartCode?

The HeartCode BLS Provider Course has been updated to meet the recommendations in the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

HeartCode BLS is a blended-learning course encompassing self-paced online learning as well as hands-on practice and testing of BLS skills. The online portion uses a personalized adaptive algorithm that sets students on the most efficient path to BLS mastery.

Students follow a continuously adapting learning path that is personalized by their own inputs: their performance and their self-reported confidence level related to each probe they answer. The course content includes a variety of learning assets such as dramatizations, animations, self-directed learning, and interactive activities
to teach students BLS knowledge and skills. After completing the online portion and obtaining their certificate of completion, students will attend a structured, instructor led hands-on session that focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, team scenarios, discussions of local protocols, and skills testing. Where available, students may also complete the hands-on session with a HeartCode-compatible manikin.

HeartCode® BLS | AHA

The American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) Skills Session is the in person hands on practice and testing portion done after completing the BLS HeartCode Part 1 Online Course. During the skills session a BLS instructor will guide the student through a series of life-threatening cardiopulmonary scenarios. 

Skills that will be practiced and tested include:

Adult CPR with the use of an AED and a bag mask

Child and infant CPR with an AED and a bag mask device

Adult and infant choking

The Basic Life Support credential from the American Heart Association (AHA) prepares you with the necessary rescue measures that you may need on the job. BLS for healthcare providers Emergency Medical Technicians and nurses learn about life-saving techniques in school, but the BLS Certification from AHA provides a specialized credential in managing cardiorespiratory emergencies that may be encountered in the field.

Basic life support is a level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries until they can be given full medical care by advanced life support providers. It can be provided by trained medical personnel, such as emergency medical technicians, and by qualified bystanders.

Effective March 1, 2026, only new course materials can be used for conducting all
BLS courses.
• The instructor-led hands-on session of the HeartCode BLS Provider Course can be
taught by current BLS Instructors. Instructors must complete the 2025 BLS
Instructor Update Course available on elearning.heart.org before teaching with
new course materials.
• Training Centers and instructors may continue to use previous stock of course keys
through February 28, 2026.
• Appropriate course completion cards must be issued for the course materials
being used. If the 2020 BLS materials are used without the interim materials, the
old card must be issued. If the interim materials or 2025 BLS materials are used,
the new card must be issued.
• Training Center Coordinators can obtain updated exams for 2025 Guidelines
courses through ShopCPR.Heart.org or Atlas.
• Instructors are strongly encouraged to complete the 2025 BLS Product and Course
Orientation available on elearning.heart.org. The BLS Product and Course

Orientation was created to aid instructors in understanding the new course design
and teaching strategies.
• It is highly recommended that BLS Instructors become familiar with the
HeartCode BLS online portion of the course before they conduct hand-on sessions
with students.
• All BLS Instructors must have a current copy of the BLS Instructor Manual for the
course being taught.

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