Comprehensive Emergency Response Training Courses
Classes
Code Blue Resources offers American Heart Association (AHA) and Emergency Care and Safety Institute (ECSI) training in a variety of formats to meet your needs. Questions about which class or format is right for you? Give us a call at 1-888-556-9857 or (919) 443-2355.
Workplace
Corporate, construction, childcare, Health & Fitness, Hospitality and More
These courses are intended for anyone with little or no medical training who require a course completion card for job, regulatory (e.g. OSHA), or other requirements. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course from the list below.
All courses below result in a course completion card good for two years, except BBP which includes a course completion card contained in course workbook. For the BBP to be valid it must be signed by the instructor during class.
Heartsaver® CPR AED Online
Heartsaver CPR AED Online has been updated to reflect new science from the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC. The skills learned in this course will help you recognize cardiac arrest, get emergency care on the way quickly, and help a person until EMS arrives.
Heartsaver CPR AED Online is the eLearning portion of the Heartsaver CPR AED Blended Learning Course and teaches information needed for CPR and AED training. Upon completion of the online portion, participants must complete a hands-on session with an AHA Instructor.
Features
- Participants have the convenience of completing the course at their own pace at work, home, or wherever Internet access is available
- Can be used for initial or renewal training
- Includes interactive exercises and videos to engage students and provide periodic points of knowledge transference
- Certificate of completion available to print when the online portion has been completed successfully
- Participants have access to all information in the online course for 24 months after activation of their key to help reinforce what they have learned
- Includes audio and transcript for any of our students who may have a hearing or visual disability
- Participants have access to all information in the online course for 24 months after activation of their key to help reinforce what they have learned
- Includes audio and transcript for any students who may have a hearing or visual disability
Cost: $69.00 (includes online key, skills check, and AHA card)
Heartsaver® CPR AED
100% classroom training means participants are with an AHA Instructor for their entire learning experience.
Heartsaver CPR AED is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches adult and child CPR and AED use, infant CPR, and how to relieve choking in adults, children, and infants. This course teaches skills with the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe participants, provide feedback, and guide the participants’ learning of skills.
This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.
Approximate Class Time: 3-3.5 hours
Cost: $74.00 (includes book)
Heartsaver® First Aid Online
Heartsaver First Aid Online has been updated to reflect new science from the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC and the 2015 AHA/Red Cross Guidelines for First Aid. This course covers first aid basics for the most common first aid emergencies, including how to recognize them, how to call for help, and how to perform lifesaving skills.
Heartsaver First Aid Online is the eLearning portion of the Heartsaver First Aid Blended Learning Course and teaches information needed for first aid training. Upon completion of the online portion, participants must complete a hands-on session with an AHA Instructor.
Features
- Participants have the convenience of completing the course at their own pace at work, home, or wherever Internet access is available
- Can be used for initial or renewal training
- Includes interactive exercises and videos to engage students and provide periodic points of knowledge transference
- Certificate of completion available to print when the online portion has been completed successfully
- Participants have access to all information in the online course for 24 months after activation of their key to help reinforce what they have learned
- Includes audio and transcript for any students who may have a hearing or visual disability
Cost: $65.00 (includes online key, skills check, and AHA card)
Heartsaver® First Aid
100% classroom training means participants are with an AHA Instructor for their entire learning experience.
Heartsaver First Aid is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches participants critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services arrives. Participants learn duties and responsibilities of first aid rescuers; first aid actions for medical emergencies, including severe choking, heart attack, and stroke; and skills for handling injury and environmental emergencies, including external bleeding, broken bones and sprains, and bites and stings.
This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in first aid to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.
Approximate Class Time: 3-3.5 hours
Cost: $52.00 (includes book)
Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED Online
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Online has been updated to reflect new science from the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC and the 2015 AHA/Red Cross Guidelines for First Aid. This course is designed to prepare participants to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner.
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Online is the eLearning portion of the Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Blended Learning Course and is designed to teach particiapants information needed for first aid, CPR, and AED training. Upon completion of the online portion, students must complete hands-on skills session with an AHA BLS or Heartsaver Instructor.
Features
- Participants have the convenience of completing the course at their own pace at work, home, or wherever Internet access is available
- Can be used for initial or renewal training
- Includes interactive exercises and videos to engage students and provide periodic points of knowledge transference
- Certificate of completion available to print when the online portion has been completed successfully
- Participants have access to all information in the online course for 24 months after activation of their key to help reinforce what they have learned
- Includes audio and transcript for any students who may have a hearing or visual disability
Cost: $78.00 (includes online key, skills check, and AHA card)
Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED
100% classroom training means participants are with an AHA Instructor for their entire learning experience.
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches participants critical skills needed to respond to and manage an emergency until emergency medical services arrives. Skills covered in this course include first aid; choking relief in adults, children, and infants; and what to do for sudden cardiac arrest in adults, children, and infants.
This course teaches skills with the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe participants, provide feedback, and guide the participants’ learning of skills.
Approximate Class Time: 6-6.5 hours
Cost: $95.00 (includes book)
Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Online
Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Online is the eLearning portion of the Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Blended Learning Course. It teaches participants information needed to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives.
After completing the online portion, students must complete hands-on skills session with an AHA BLS or Heartsaver Instructor.
Upon successful completion of both portions of the course, students receive a Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED course completion card, valid for two years.
Audience
- Child care workers
- Teachers
- Foster care workers
- Camp counselors
- Youth organizations
- Coaches for children’s sports organizations
- Others responsible for children including parents, grandparents, babysitters and guardians
Features
- Self-paced; can be completed wherever Internet access is available
- Includes interactive exercises and videos
- Certificate of completion available to print when the online portion has been completed successfully
- Provides access to all information in the online portion for 24 months after activation of the course key
- Includes audio and transcription for students who may have a hearing or visual disability
Cost: $85.00
Heartsaver® Bloodborne Pathogens Online
The AHA's Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens Online Course has been updated to reflect updates to the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29CFR 1910.1030), which is published by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
This self-directed eLearning course teaches employees how to protect themselves and others from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials. This course is designed to meet OSHA requirements for bloodborne pathogens training when paired with site-specific instruction.
Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens Online was designed specifically for workers with a reasonable chance of encountering bloodborne pathogens such as
- Correctional officers
- Childcare workers
- Security guards
- Maintenance workers
- School personnel
- Hotel housekeepers
- Health and fitness club staff
- Tattoo artists
Features
- Participants can complete at their own pace at work, home, or wherever Internet access is available
- Certificate of completion available to print
- Access to all information in the online portion for 12 months after activation of their key to help reinforce what they have learned
- Includes audio and transcript for students who may have a hearing or visual disability
- Offers continuing education (CE) credit
Cost: $25.00 (includes book)
Heartsaver® Bloodborne Pathogens
This classroom course, led by an AHA Instructor or Facilitator, teaches employees how to protect themselves and others from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials.
This course is designed to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for bloodborne pathogens training when paired with site-specific instruction. Tear-out course participation card included on back cover of Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens Student Workbook (back cover of eBook version may also be printed)
This course is designed for anyone with a reasonable chance of encountering bloodborne pathogens such as:
- Correctional Officers
- Childcare workers
- Security guards
- Maintenance workers
- School personnel
- Hotel housekeepers
- Health and fitness club staff
- Tattoo artists
Approximate Class Time: 1.25 hours
Cost: $35.00 (includes book)
Many of our workplace clients elect to go with our ECSI Training Courses for the following:
- CPR/AED training
- First Aid training
- First Aid/CPR/AED training
- Advanced First Aid/CPR/AED training
- Blood Borne Pathogens (BBP) training
ECSI class options include instructor-led training as well as blending learning (a combination of eLearning and an in-person skills check). ECSI classes offer our instructors more flexibility in delivering content which sometimes is better suited for the workplace environment. Call us at 1-888-556-9857 or email us at [email protected] to learn more. We’re here to help you make the best choice for your workplace.
Healthcare Professionals
Nurses, First Responders, Doctors and More
These courses are intended for Healthcare professionals who may require a completion card for their job. Topics include CPR and AED, Basic or Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Stroke training, and more. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course from the list below.
All courses below result in a course completion card valid for two years.
HeartCode® BLS
HeartCode BLS uses a variety of eLearning assets such as dramatizations, eSimulations, animations, self-directed learning, and interactive activities to teach participants BLS knowledge and skills.
After completing the online portion, students attend a structured BLS Hands-On Session with an AHA Instructor. This session focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, team scenarios, discussions of local protocols, and skills testing.
HeartCode BLS is for healthcare professionals seeking an alternative method for completing an initial or renewal BLS Course.
Features
- Updated science and education reflecting the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
- Includes in-facility and prehospital tracks; student chooses his/her track before starting the HeartCode BLS Online Portion
- Enhanced learning experience through eSimulations, life-like animations, video scenarios, and knowledge checks
Cost: $72.00 (includes online key, skills check, and AHA card)
This session is for those who have already completed the online portion of AHA HeartCode BLS and need a hands-on skills check ONLY.
If you need the complete AHA HeartCode BLS course (the online cognitive portion as well as the hands-on skills check), please select the HeartCode BLS – Blended Learning Course, not this course.
Cost: $45.00 (includes skills check, all equipment usage and the AHA certification card)
BLS - Instructor-Led Training
The BLS Course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED.
In the Instructor-led course, participants take part in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Participants work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.
Approximate Class Time: 4 hours
Cost: $69.00 (includes book)
HeartCode ACLS
HeartCode® ACLS is a self-directed, comprehensive eLearning program that uses eSimulation technology to allow participants to assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings. To enter the course, participants must complete a precourse self-assessment. Participants will then be presented with a team dynamics lesson and 10 In-hospital patient cases, including a BLS case and 2 megacode cases.
Upon successful completion of all the patient cases, participants must pass the written exam with a score of 84%. Participants then are able to attend the hands-on session required for full course completion.
Features
- Updated science and education reflecting the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
- Enhanced learning experience through eSimulations, life-like animations, and realistic scenarios
- Advanced, evidence-based resuscitation education and skills critical to the Chain of Survival
- Enhanced course structure and scenarios to ensure immediate preparedness in real-world situations
- Continuing education credits available
Cost: $222.00 (includes online key, skills check, and AHA card)
This session is for those who have already completed the online portion of AHA HeartCode ACLS and need a hands-on skills check ONLY.
If you need the complete AHA HeartCode ACLS course (the online cognitive portion as well as the hands-on skills check), please select the HeartCode ACLS – Blended Learning Course, not this course.
Cost: $75.00 (includes skills check, all equipment usage and the AHA certification card)
ACLS - Instructor-Led Training
AHA’s ACLS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. This course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR.
This advanced course highlights the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
Approximate Class Time: 12-16 hours initial; 8 hours renewal
Cost: $219.00 (includes book)
ACLS for EP
ACLS for Experienced Providers goes beyond the core ACLS training by offering critical thinking opportunities for those advanced, experienced, healthcare professionals who use ACLS on a regular basis. The goal of ACLS EP is to improve outcomes in complex cardiovascular, respiratory and other (e.g., metabolic, toxicologic) emergencies by expanding on core ACLS guidelines and encouraging critical thinking and decision-making strategies. Through cooperative learning and active participation in case-based scenarios, learners enhance their skills in the differential diagnosis and treatment of prearrest, arrest and post-arrest patients.
The AHA’s ACLS EP Course has been updated to reflect the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC. In addition to the 2015 AHA Guidelines CPR and ECC, ACLS EP has continued basis on
- 2013 American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)/AHA Guidelines for the Management of STElevation Myocardial Infarction and the
- 2012 ACCF/AHA Focused Update of the Guideline for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
This course is for seasoned healthcare providers who are proficient in performing BLS and ACLS skills, reading and interpreting ECGs, and understanding ACLS pharmacology, those who regularly lead or participate in emergency assessment and treatment of prearrest, arrest or postarrest patients.
Features
- Uses case-based scenarios to move beyond the algorithms and show learners how to apply critical thinking to quickly reach a differential diagnosis and effectively manage treatment
- Includes more of the cases and information learners have requested, including pharmacology, toxicology, respiratory, and metabolic cases
- Includes 68 scenarios, including prehospital, emergency department and inhospital scenarios, so the course to be customized to best meet the needs of learners
- ACLS Provider exam is completed online before class allowing learners more time to share and learn from peers
- Continuing education credits available
Approximate Class Time: 8 hours
Cost: $250.00 (includes book)
HeartCode PALS
HeartCode® PALS is an online comprehensive eLearning program that uses eSimulation technology to allow participants to assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings. In this environment, participants apply their knowledge to real-time decision-making and skills development.
To enter the course, participants must complete the PALS Precourse Self-Assessment. Participants are then presented with 12 patient cases and a team dynamics lesson. Cases may be repeated as many times as necessary to pass. Upon successful completion of all the patient cases, participants must pass the multiple-choice exam with a minimum score of 84%.
Participants who successfully complete the online portion of the course receive a certificate granting them access to a PALS Hands-on Session with an AHA PALS Instructor. Students must successfully complete both the online portion and the hands-on session to receive a PALS Provider course completion card.
Features
- Web-based, self-paced eSimulation instructional program for PALS cognitive training
- Students apply knowledge to real-time decision-making and skills development
- Debriefings and coaching are provided immediately after each simulation to facilitate learning
- Access to the PALS Provider Manual, the 2015 Handbook of ECC, and 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC
- Access to all information in course for two years following activation of course
Cost: $222.00 (includes online key, skills check, and AHA card)
This session is for those who have already completed the online portion of AHA HeartCode PALS and need a hands-on skills check ONLY.
If you need the complete AHA HeartCode PALS course (the online cognitive portion as well as the hands-on skills check), please select the HeartCode PALS – Blended Learning Course, not this course.
Cost: $75.00 (includes skills check, all equipment usage and the AHA certification card)
PALS
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
The AHA’s PALS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. This classroom, Instructor-led course uses a series of videos and simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.
Approximate Class Time: 12-16 hours initial; 8 hours renewal
Cost: $219.00 (includes book)
General Community
Community Groups, New Parents, Babysitters
These courses and programs are intended for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a CPR course completion card to meet a job requirement.
Family & Friends® CPR
The Family & Friends CPR Course teaches the lifesaving skills of adult Hands-Only CPR, adult CPR with breaths, child CPR with breaths, adult and child AED use, infant CPR, and mild and severe airway block for adults, children, and infants. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment using the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which provides participant with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible.
Family & Friends CPR is for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a CPR course completion card to meet a job requirement. This course is ideal for community groups, new parents, grandparents, babysitters, and others interested in learning how to save a life. Each participant receives high-quality course materials for ongoing reference
Approximate Class Time: 1-1.5 hours
Cost: $25.00 (includes book)
ECSI BLAST! (Babysitter Lessons and Safety Training)
BLAST! (Babysitter Lessons and Safety Training), is an important training program for potential babysitters and parents considering hiring a babysitter. The BLAST! program is exciting and interactive, providing extensive training in pediatric first aid, household safety, and the fundamentals of childcare. Features of the Third Edition booklet included with the course include:
- Most current practices for safety and injury prevention while babysitting
- First Aid basics for emergency response
- Quick references tools for babysitters
- Fun, easy to follow booklet
Designed for people ages 13 and older, their parents, and parents looking to hire a babysitter, the BLAST! program can prepare children to interview for a babysitting job, select safe and suitable games and activities, prevent accidents, perform first aid, and begin babysitting safely and competently.
The BLAST! course was developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the world’s leading authority on child well-being
Approximate Class Time: 4 hours
Cost: $50.00 (includes book)
ECSI Wilderness First Aid
This course teaches essential information for when medical help is more than an hour away. As part of the course, you’ll receive the second edition of the Wilderness First Aid Field Guide which meets the Wilderness First Aid Curriculum of the Boy Scouts of America.The Wilderness First Aid Field Guide, Second Edition is a user¬friendly,pocket¬sized guide that has been updated to reflect the 2015 CPR/ECC guidelines. This durable and water¬resistant resource features:
- Essential information for when medical help is more than one hour away
- How to signal for help, when to evacuate, and recommended first aid supplies
- “What to look for” and “What to do” tables for injuries and illnesses
- Prevention advice ranging from altitude illness and bear attacks to lightning strikes and tick bites
- Heat index and wind chill charts
- Quick access to contents using an AZ format
- Updated CPR and AED content
- Updated asthma and diabetic emergencies sections
- New sections on ear and chest injuries, including new information on chest pain
- Expanded content on bleeding and wound care, including new information on tourniquet use
- New information on scalp wounds and brain injuries in the head injury section
Approximate Class Time: 16 hours
Cost: $110.00 (includes book)
Adult & Child CPR Anytime® Training Kit
Statistically speaking, did you know that if you are called on to give CPR in an emergency, you will most likely be trying to save the life of someone you love? This could be a parent, child, or friend. When a person has a cardiac arrest, survival depends on immediately getting CPR from someone nearby. CPR Anytime® teaches you lifesaving CPR skills in about 20 minutes in the comfort and privacy of your own home. This easy-to-use, self-directed program also demonstrates other lifesaving techniques, such as child CPR, choking relief, and AED awareness. Plus, CPR Anytime is completely portable, so it is easy share with family and friends. Warrantied for 1 year or 25 uses.
- Poly-bagged Mini Anne CPR personal manikin
- Mini Anne replacement lung
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Family & Friends CPR Anytime DVD
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Family & Friends CPR Anytime Skills Reminder Card
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) instructions for use printed inside of box
- Manikin wipes
All CPR Anytime kits are final sale - no returns or exchanges.
Infant CPR Anytime® Training Kit
Infant CPR Anytime Kits contain everything you need to learn the lifesaving skills of infant CPR and infant choking relief in about 20 minutes in the comfort of your own home.
Plus, CPR Anytime is completely portable, so it is easy to share with family and friends. Warrantied for 1 year or 25 uses.
- Poly-bagged Baby CPR personal manikin
- Mini Baby replacement lung
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Infant CPR Anytime DVD
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Infant CPR Anytime Skills Reminder Card
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) instructions for use printed inside of box
- Manikin wipes
All CPR kits are final sale - no returns or exchanges.
Pet Classes
Learn Pet CPR, First Aid & Care!!! Coming January 2023! Stay Tuned.
Beginning January 2023, Code Blue Resources will be certified to teach Pet Tech® CPR and First Aid!
Pet Tech® is the first International Training Center dedicated to CPR, First Aid & Care for dogs and cats. Pet Tech® has been teaching the important skills of Pet CPR, First Aid & Care for more than 20 years. Pet Tech® trainings have helped save the lives of deca-thousands of pets that have been in emergency situations with their pet parent or pet care professional.
In our classes you will learn CPR techniques, first aid skills, as well as health and wellness information for dogs and cats. Additionally, the class includes our PetSaver™ 40-page handbook and upon successful completion, each participant will receive a certificate and wallet card.
• Importance of Pet First Aid
• 10 Situations That Require Immediate Veterinary Care
• Pet CPR (3 Styles)
• How to Put Together Your Own Pet First Aid Kit
• Rescue Breathing
• Restraining Your Pet
• Choking Management
• Heat and Cold Injuries
• Bleeding Management
• Poisoning
• How to Help Your Pet in a Medical Emergency
• Insect Bites and Stings
• Snout-To-Tail™ Wellness Assessment
• Snake Bites
• Snout-To-Tail™ Injury Assessment
• Assessing Your Pet’s Vitals
The Founder of Code Blue Resources and her husband have for most of their married lives been “owned” by English Bulldogs that have been rescue pups (you don’t own a bulldog, they own you). Just as they (both paramedics) are passionate about saving human lives, they are passionate about helping save animal lives. They both have been heavily involved in animal welfare groups, especially English Bulldog rescue. Becoming a certified Pet Tech® Training Center is truly a logical step - rooted in love and passion - for Code Blue. Please stay tuned to this website and our social media accounts for more information.