BLS Certification in Charlotte, NC — Taught by a Registered Nurse, Wherever You Are

What is BLS?

Basic Life Support (BLS) is the American Heart Association’s foundation-level resuscitation training: recognizing life-threatening emergencies, performing high-quality CPR, and using an AED early. The AHA’s 2025 BLS Provider Course teaches rescue techniques for adults, children (1 year to puberty), and infants (younger than 1 year) — the age ranges the AHA itself defines for the course.

Who needs BLS certification?

Per the American Heart Association, the BLS Provider Course is designed for healthcare professionals and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of settings, as well as individuals enrolled in a healthcare training program. If you’re a nurse, EMT, dental professional, or clinical staff member — or you’re entering a healthcare program — BLS is the course employers and programs expect. If you’re not a healthcare professional, our Heartsaver CPR class is likely the better fit (see the FAQ below).

What you’ll learn and practice

In the AHA BLS Provider Course, students learn and practice:

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• Chest compressions and effective breaths and ventilation
• Use of an AED
• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants
• High-performance team dynamics — how to work together in multi-rescuer scenarios

To earn your course completion card, you’ll demonstrate skills hands-on (including an Adult CPR and AED skills test and an Infant CPR skills test) and score at least 84% on the course exam.

Your certification, valid for two years

Successful completion earns you an official American Heart Association BLS course completion eCard, valid for two years — issued within 24–48 hours of class. When it’s time to renew, Homefront CPR offers BLS renewal and recertification cycles for individuals and teams.

We come to you — home, office, or clinic

Homefront CPR is fully mobile. Our RN-led instructor brings the manikins, AEDs, bag-mask devices, and all supplies to your Charlotte-area home, clinic, dental office, gym, or facility — with evening and weekend scheduling so your team doesn’t lose a workday. Our BLS sessions run about 1.5 hours; small groups of up to 4 are $300, and individual BLS certification is $80 per person.