Anyone here take the American Heart Association BLS course??

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I'm on an Alt list and we have to take the American Heart Association's BLS for Healthcare Providers course and send them the certification card.

I was wondering, does anyone know how to take this class? I'm so confused. I looked it up on google and all I get is
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3011975
I don't really know how to navigate the site to sign up for classes. (I'm in Atlanta)

I did find this site that I can sign up for classes
http://www.gacpr.com/bls.html
but I don't know if it's the correct course...


Can anyone give me a hand?

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Call around at some of the hospitals by you. For instance, my MIL needs to keep her BLS updated even though she hasn't worked in 30 years so that she can keep her license. She usually takes the class along side my coworkers when it's offered for nurses when they have extra openings. Good luck! 🙂
 
I took an AHA course that was taught by the local fire department.
 
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So... I guess just call a random hospital? Or do I just go to the front desk and ask them about any BLS courses in the building?
 
Call your hospital. Keep in mind it needs to be the BLS course and not a layperson course. (Make sure you tell them you want the one their employees have to take; otherwise, they may send you to the public education/lay responder one, which won't fulfill the requirement). The correct one is the

  • BLS for Healthcare Providers
 
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