Life Support Courses Basic Life Support (BLS) Who should take the course?The American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.Course CoversThe components of high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infantsThe AHA Chain of Survival for prehospital and in-facility providersImportant early use of an AEDEffective ventilations using a barrier deviceImportance of teams and team dynamics in multirescuer resuscitationsRelief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infantsCourse DeliveryInstructors deliver the cognitive learning and the skills practice and testing in a classroom setting. At the end of the course, students are provided a course completion card when they achieve a minimum score of 84% or greater on a 25-question written exam and demonstrate proficient BLS skills performance.Browse CoursesBrowse all BLS courses offered by the CoxHealth Education Center.Browse Courses by LocationThe CoxHealth Education Center offers courses at the following locations:SpringfieldCoxHealth Education Center at Cox North1423 N Jefferson AvenueSpringfield, MO 65802View Springfield coursesHollisterHollister Blue Sky Classroom207 Blue Sky LaneHollister, MO 65672View Hollister coursesMonettCox Monett Conference Room 1 & 21000 E. Highway 60Monett, MO 65708View Monett coursesJoplin*CoxHealth at Home2902 Arizona Avenue, Suite 2Joplin, MO 64804View Joplin courses*Courses for Joplin CoxHealth at Home employees only.Disclaimer: The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.BLS Blended LearningThe CoxHealth Education Center does not offer BLS blended-learning courses.