How to Do AHA Online Training

The American Heart Association (AHA) offers online training courses in CPR including Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Heartsaver. It also provides both continuing medical education and regular continuing education credits for classes taken. In addition to CPR training, AHA online has course offerings on stroke education, blood borne pathogens and first aid. Online classes range from $15 to $105. However, that price does not include a hands-on skills session or skills test, which is required for certification. Therefore, it is important to locate a local training center in order to receive certification.

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  Go to the AHA online website at onlineaha.org. Click on "Course Catalog" to review a complete list of all online training classes.

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  Choose the class you need or wish to take and review the course details. Check to see if a skills test is required.

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  Purchase the course. Create a login with a user name and password.

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  Begin the course and apply for continuing education credit. Continue through the learning module until it is complete.

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  Print out course certificates of completion. Take the completion certificate to the local AHA training center and complete the skills test.

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  Wait for the completion card to arrive in the mail.