AHA Instructor – BLS Provider Course Resources
BLS
Provider
Welcome to the URMC AHA Instructor Portal.
The AHA has announced the 2025 content update is expected to be out by October. Currently, all we know is that all instructors will be required to complete an update on the new material before the end of the year. Specifics of this update class have not been released. We are planning for the worst case and that the update must be done in person.
SAVE THE DATE: AHA Instructor Update, November 5, 2025, 6pm to 9:30pm.
We will keep you posted as new materials and information becomes available.
Instructors may use these videos and manuals until October 1st. You must have your own course videos and instructor manuals after AHA releases the 2025 updates.
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Precourse
- BLS Science Summary Table (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- Equipment List (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- 2020 Guidelines BLS Course Roster (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- Sample Precourse Letter to Students (Classroom Course) (MS Word)(link opens in new window)
- Sample Precourse Letter to Students (HeartCode BLS)(MS Word)(link opens in new window)
- Sample BLS Course Agenda With Optional Lessons (MS Word)(link opens in new window)
- Sample BLS Renewal Course Agenda Without Optional Lessons (MS Word)(link opens in new window)
- Sample HeartCode BLS Agenda With Optional Lessons(MS Word)(link opens in new window)
- Sample HeartCode BLS Agenda Without Optional Lessons(MS Word)(link opens in new window)
Course
- 2020 BLS Science Summary Table (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- ITeam Dynamics Diagram (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- Summary of High-Quality CPR Components for BLS Providers (PDF)(link opens in new window)
HeartCode BLS Accelerated
- HeartCode BLS Accelerated Agenda With Optional Lessons(link opens in new window) (3 students, 1 BLS Instructor; student-Instructor ratio 3:1; student-manikin ratio 3:1)
- HeartCode BLS Accelerated Agenda Without Optional Lessons(link opens in new window) (3 students, 1 BLS Instructor; student-Instructor ratio 3:1; student-manikin ratio 1:1)
BLS Provider Virtual Skills
Effective September 1, 2023, BLS TCs and Instructors must follow guidelines for BLS virtual skills outlined in the document, “Training Memo: Instructor Guidelines for HeartCode BLS Virtual Skills” (see Training Memo and Bulletins section below).
Materials for Conducting HeartCode BLS Virtual Skills:
- HeartCode BLS Virtual Skills Agenda for Initial Providers (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- HeartCode BLS Virtual Skills Agenda for Renewal (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- HeartCode BLS Virtual Skills Adult CPR and AED Skills Testing Checklist (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- HeartCode BLS Virtual Skills Infant CPR Skills Testing Checklist (PDF)
Continuous Compressions
- Training Memo: BLS Adult Continuous Compressions (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- BLS Adult Continuous Compression Checklist (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- BLS Adult Continuous Compression Lesson Plan – Optional (PDF)(link opens in new window)
- BLS Adult Continuous Compression Skills Descriptors (PDF)(link opens in new window)
Advisor: BLS
The Advisor: BLS course materials and completion cards were developed to accommodate students who pass the cognitive portion of the HeartCode® BLS Provider Course but cannot perform the physical skills of CPR. By successfully advising others how to perform CPR and use an AED, HeartCode BLS students with disabilities can receive an Advisor: BLS card. Students should check to make sure that their workplaces will accept these cards. Advisor: BLS cards are available exclusively to authorized TCs for issuance in accordance with AHA policy.
- Advisor: BLS Adult and Child CPR (PDF)(link opens in new window)(link opens in new window)
- Advisor: BLS Infant CPR (PDF)(link opens in new window)(link opens in new window)
- Advisor: BLS Lesson Plans – Virtual (PDF)(link opens in new window)(link opens in new window)
- Advisor: BLS Roster (PDF)(link opens in new window)(link opens in new window)
New York
This certificate of completion is for TCCs and/or Instructors in New York state who must provide a certificate of completion for the in-person skills portion of a Heartsaver or BLS Provider Blended Learning Course to students who work for the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Community Environmental Health, and Food Protection. This certificate does not replace the AHA course completion card. Instructors must also issue a course completion card to participants who successfully complete a full AHA Heartsaver or Basic Life Support Blended Learning Course. Instructors would issue the certificate verifying completion of the in-person skills portion in addition to the course completion card.
