First Aid, CPR & Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). Learn more about resuscitation science, training in your community or organization, and other CPR programs.

The AHA’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

Increasing survival from cardiac arrest is why we have created a variety of programs for companies, schools and communities to offer lifesaving CPR and first aid training. Immediate CPR can double, or even triple, a victim’s chance of survival.

Find the best CPR and first aid course for your needs at the American Heart Association. Choose from online and in-person options.

The BLS Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on High-Quality CPR and team dynamics.

Advanced life support skills, including CPR, AED use, and management of respiratory arrest, arrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes and stroke. Results in an AHA ACLS course completion card.

American Heart Association CPR courses and kits. Saving lives is why the American Heart Association is dedicated to training as many people as possible in CPR, first aid and advanced cardiovascular care.

The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course trains participants to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) .

What is CPR and why is it so important? Learn about CPR steps, how to do CPR, and why AHA has a vision for a world where no one dies of cardiac arrest.

The American Heart Association is pleased to announce that the official 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & Emergency Cardiovascular Care (2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC) will be published online in the AHA’s flagship journal, Circulation, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020.