Heartsaver is the essential CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) course. Foundational and flexible, Heartsaver provides you with the skills and confidence to respond to a cardiac arrest. 

The vast majority of cardiac arrests happen at home, in public places and workplaces. If you ever witness one, chances are it will happen to a family member or someone you work with or care about.

Heartsaver is designed for people who don’t have medical training but who want to learn how to help someone having a cardiac arrest.

This course is for: 

• Anyone needing a course completion card for workplace, volunteer or other requirements.
• Those who want to be ready, willing and able to help in case of a cardiac arrest or choking.
• Caregivers, parents and families with children or infants, who want to be prepared for a cardiac arrest, choking or other health emergency.

• How high-quality CPR improves survival
• The concepts of the Chain of Survival
• Recognizing when someone needs CPR
• Adult CPR and AED use
• Adult choking relief

 Basic Life Support (BLS) is the foundational course for healthcare professionals and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings. BLS is the cornerstone program for healthcare professionals.

As the gold standard, Heart & Stroke’s BLS training courses teach the theoretical and hands-on skills needed to respond to medical emergencies and drives the best possible patient outcomes.

In this course, you will learn the fundamental skills of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for victims of all ages. You will practice delivering these skills as a single rescuer and as a member of a multi-rescuer team.

The skills you learn in BLS will enable you to:

• Recognize a cardiac arrest
• Activate the emergency response system early
• Respond quickly and confidently
• Perform high-quality single-rescuer CPR and multi-rescuer team CPR

This course will ensure people in cardiac arrest have the best chance of survival.