Basic Life Support (BLS)

Healthcare-provider CPR and AED plus a full first-aid block, including stroke, seizures and low blood sugar.

Free to learn. Pay $14.95 only if you pass and want your certificate.

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Already trained? You can go straight to the test. Pass with 9 of 12 correct, and retake it as often as you need.

About this course

The Healthcare Provider CPR & AED course plus the first aid a provider needs in the first minutes: bleeding, burns, fractures, poisoning, heart attack, stroke, seizures, low blood sugar and shock. Seventeen modules, then a 12-question test.

Who it's for: Healthcare students and staff, and others asked for a BLS-level course.

What you'll learn

  1. Scene safety and recognising cardiac arrest3 min
  2. Provider assessment: breathing and pulse3 min
  3. Provider adult CPR3 min
  4. Provider child and infant CPR3 min
  5. Rescue breathing and the bag-mask device3 min
  6. Two-rescuer and team CPR3 min
  7. Using an AED3 min
  8. Choking: adult, child and infant3 min
  9. First aid basics and universal precautions2 min
  10. Wounds and wound care2 min
  11. Severe bleeding3 min
  12. Burns2 min
  13. Fractures, sprains and strains2 min
  14. Poisoning2 min
  15. Heart attack and stroke3 min
  16. Seizures and low blood sugar3 min
  17. Shock2 min

How it works

  1. Enrol free with your name and email. No password: we email you a sign-in link.
  2. Learn at your own pace on any device, or skip straight to the test.
  3. Take the test. 12 questions; 9 correct to pass. Retake it free as often as you need.
  4. Pay $14.95 only if you pass and want your certificate, valid for 2 years.

Will my employer accept this?

It depends on your employer or licensing body, so check with them before you rely on it. This is an online course: it doesn't include a hands-on skills assessment, and some workplaces and boards require one. The certificate records that you completed the course and passed its test. It isn't a licence or an accreditation.