BLS Provider Course — Oak Forest, IL
AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers. The most widely required CPR certification for nurses, doctors, EMTs, and allied health professionals.
What Is BLS Certification?
The AHA BLS Provider course is the gold standard in CPR training for healthcare providers. It teaches the critical skills needed to respond to cardiac arrest and other life-threatening emergencies in both in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.
Midwest CPR Center is an AHA Authorized Training Center in Oak Forest, IL. Our BLS classes are small, hands-on, and taught by an instructor with 16 years of experience as a working paramedic.
What You'll Learn
- High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
- Two-rescuer CPR and team dynamics
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) use
- Bag-mask ventilation technique
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking)
- Recognizing cardiac and respiratory arrest
- Special resuscitation situations
Who Needs BLS Certification?
Course Format & Duration
Duration
Approximately 3–4 hours
Class Size
Small groups for hands-on attention
Certification
AHA BLS Provider Card (2 years)
Availability
Multiple sessions per week
Need Both BLS & ACLS?
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AHA BLS Provider course in Oak Forest, IL. Multiple class times per week.