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BLS for Healthcare Providers

BLS for Healthcare Providers is an 6-hour course and the intended audience includes Licensed/Certified Healthcare Providers, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, EMTs and other professionals whose job requires completion of a written evaluation and successful skills performance. Private, on-site courses can be arranged for groups of six or more.

This course is designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals who respond to cardiac and respiratory emergencies. The course content includes adult, pediatric and infant CPR, foreign-body airway obstruction, two-rescuer CPR, barrier devices and the use of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED).  

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Non-licensed/certified Healthcare Providers who support medical staff in areas of cardiac and respiratory emergencies, i.e. Allied health professionals. 

To check date, time and location for any of the courses currently being offered at the Community Training Center, please click here for the most recent course schedules, made available as a PDF file.

The initial class is 6 hours in duration and the renewal class is 4 hours. To be eligible for a renewal, your card must be current. 

The materials used in the class are:

Video: Practice while watching skills

Text: BLS for Healthcare Provider

Practice: Manikins for hands on practice. 

Test: Testing in both written and skill performance. 

Card issued: Course completion card will be issued within 30 days of the class, but the instructor will provide a course completion letter at the end of the class.  This letter is to serve as temporary proof of certification for Healthcare Provider CPR course. 

Course Cancellation: If a course has insufficient registrations, we may need to cancel the course.  If this is to occur, you will be notified by telephone 1-2 days before the scheduled date of the course. 

Due to classroom space, some courses are limited to 18 registrants and fill up rather quickly.  We highly recommend that you complete and return the registrations form as soon as possible.   

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations made by the registrants must be submitted in writing along with the return of textbook (clean/usable condition) s. If the textbook is not returned, the cost of the book will be deducted from the refund.  In order to receive a full refund notification must be received five days before the scheduled course.  Cancellations received less than five (5) business days before scheduled course are subject to a $10.00 cancellation fee.  

Reschedule Policy: Rescheduling a course less than five (5), business days prior to the course are subject to a $10.00 administrative fee.  

The Community Training Center adheres to all requirements of the American Heart Associations regarding course testing and completion.   

Training courses are held at the Saint Barnabas Health Care System Affiliates listed below:

Saint Barnabas Medical Center – Old Short Hills Road, Livingston

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center – 201 Lyons Avenue, Newark

Community Medical Center – 99 Highway 37 West, Toms River

Kimball Medical Center – 600 River Avenue, Lakewood

Monmouth Medical Center – 300 Second Avenue, Long Branch

Clara Maass Medical Center – 1 Clara Maass Drive, Belleville

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the Association.

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