BLS Renewal Certification – In-Person Classroom Course

The American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Renewal Course is designed for healthcare professionals who already hold a current or recently expired AHA BLS Provider certification and need to renew their credentials. This instructor-led classroom format offers hands-on skills practice, scenario-based training, and personalized instructor feedback to reinforce high-quality CPR performance.

Upon successful completion, students receive an official AHA BLS Provider eCard.

What the BLS Renewal Course Covers

This course follows the current AHA BLS Provider curriculum, including:

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• 1-rescuer and 2-rescuer CPR techniques
• Use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• Bag-mask ventilation and effective airway management
• Team-based resuscitation concepts
• Recognition of respiratory and cardiac arrest
• Relief of choking
• Safe and effective emergency response behaviors

Although the renewal format moves at a faster pace, all core skills are reviewed, practiced, and tested.

Who Should Take the BLS Renewal Course?

This in-person renewal class is ideal for:

• Current AHA BLS Providers needing to renew certification
• Healthcare professionals who regularly perform CPR
• Students comfortable with a faster-paced review format
• Individuals whose BLS certification has recently expired

Students who have never taken BLS or whose certification has been expired for a long period should take the BLS Initial course.

Why Choose the In-Person Renewal Format?

Instructor-led renewal training provides:

• Quick, efficient review of essential BLS skills
• Hands-on practice with immediate instructor feedback
• Scenario-based activities to reinforce confidence and readiness
• A supportive classroom environment that mirrors real clinical situations

This format ensures healthcare providers remain confident and competent in emergency response.

Certification

• Official AHA BLS Provider eCard issued upon successful completion
• Certification is valid for two years
• Widely accepted by hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, EMS agencies, and other healthcare employers

Textbook Requirement

Students must have access to the current AHA BLS Provider Manual.

If you already have a copy, you may bring it with you. If not, the textbook is available for purchase during registration.

Training Locations

This in-person BLS Renewal course is offered at:

Oakland Campus
Sacramento Campus

(These are the only two campuses offering instructor-led BLS.)

Prefer a convenient location option for your group of 8 or more?

Project Heartbeat makes every effort possible to provide classes available throughout the entire Bay Area.

In addition to classes conducted at one of our facilities, Project Heartbeat understands that it is much more convenient to send 1 instructor to your facility rather than sending all your students to ours. Therefore, any of our classes can be personalized to your needs and conducted at your home, workplace, school, hospital, or other healthcare facility.

Onsite classes can be scheduled 7 days a week during the morning, afternoon, early evening, or even during an extended work lunch break.

We will make every effort to tailor a class specific to your needs!