CPR AED and First Aid Courses in the Twin Cities, MN

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First Aid and CPR AED

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Heartsaver First Aid and CPR/AED teaches participants to provide first aid, perform CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) safely and effectively. Based on the latest American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course in a self-directed manner online, followed by a hands-on session.

BLS CPR Course

These classes are for a healthcare BLS CPR course

The American Heart Association’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate breaths and ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. The course reflects science and education from the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

Course Dates 2026

Weekday Evenings – Mondays and Thursdays:

Time: 5:30-9:30 PM NEW

Time: 6:15-9:30 PM REFRESHER

  • Jan: 22nd
  • March: 5th
  • May: 7th
  • July: 9th
  • Sept: 14th
  • January: 9, 13, 16, 23, 27, 30 & February: 3, 6 – Exam and Psychomotor Skills
  • March: 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27 – Exam and Psychomotor Skills
  • May: 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29 – Exam and Psychomotor Skills

Weekday Monday Sessions:

Time: 1:30-5:30 PM 

  • Feb: 16th
  • March:
    2nd, 23rd
  • April:
    13th, 27th
  • May: 11th
  • June:
    1st, 15th, 22nd
  • July:
    6th, 20th, 27th
  • Aug:
    3rd, 10th
  • Sep: 14th
  • OCT - DEC: (TBD)

Summer Sessions (July – August):

  • July: 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31 – Exam and Psychomotor Skills

Saturday Sessions: 

Time: 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM

  • March: 7th
  • April: 25th
  • Sept: 12th

Common questions about our CPR AED First aid courses.

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HANDS-ON skills only

  1. Each corresponding online course has a hands-on skills component that must be completed before a card can be acquired.
    The online courses that require the second module to receive a card are listed below.
  2. Each hands-on session will take at least an hour to complete. If there are more than one course combined, the session will be longer.
  3. Click on the HANDS-ON skill you need to purchase, then call the office to find out when the next availability is to complete this skill.

The Hands on portion will be held at
Our Facility:
SAVE A LIFE Corporation
1557 Coon Rapids Blvd NW #200
Coon Rapids, MN 55433

HeartCode® BLS

This is for the session for a Healthcare BLS CPR course. This skill session will include skills of Adult, Child, Infant in CPR, Choking and AED.

Heartsaver First Aid Online

This is for the session for a Adult First Aid course. This skill session will include skills of Adult First Aid basics.

Heartsaver First
Aid CPR AED Online

This for the session for a Adult CPR/AED and FA course. This skill session will include skills of Adult in CPR/AED, Choking and First Aid basics.

Heartsaver CPR AED Online

This for the session for a Adult, Child, Infant CPR/AED course. This skill session will include skills of Adult, Child, Infant in CPR/AED, and Choking. The course may or may not include all three skills.

Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid
CPR AED Online

This for the session for a Child, Infant CPR/AED course. This skill session will include skills of Child, Infant in CPR/AED, Choking and First aid basics.

BLS CPR AHA
Combination course

This is a course where you can pay for your Online and your hands-on together. It still is the same AHA blended learning online and hands on in person skills.

Pediatric
Combination course

This is a course where you can pay for your Online and your hands-on together. It still is the same blended learning online and hands on in person skills.

Common questions about our CPR AED First aid courses.

ANSWER

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.

The Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs an OSHA-compliant course completion card—or anyone who simply wants to be ready to respond in an emergency.

Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Course is for anyone responsible for the care and safety of children and infants, especially those who may need to respond in an emergency before professional help arrives.
Ideal for:

  • Childcare workers
  • Teachers and school staff
  • Camp counselors
  • Coaches, parents, and other caregivers
ANSWER

BLS Course

  • High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
  • BLS concepts from the Chain of Survival
  • Delivering effective breaths or ventilations
  • Importance of early use of and how to use an AED
  • Performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
  • Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants

Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED teaches the lifesaving skills of first aid, CPR and AED including:

  • First aid basics
  • Medical emergencies
  • Injury emergencies
  • Environmental emergencies
  • Preventing illness and injury
  • Adult CPR and AED use
  • Choking help for an Adult, Child or Infant
  • Drowning response and prevention
  • Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies
  • Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR

Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Training

The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Course gives you the skills to act quickly in an infant or child emergency. You will learn how to respond to common childhood illnesses and injuries—such as bleeding, burns, allergic reactions, breathing problems, and more—along with serious conditions like shock, seizures, head or spinal injuries, and drowning response and prevention.

Training also includes CPR, AED use, and choking relief for infants and children, with an option to add adult modules.

ANSWER

Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion eCard, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

ANSWER

Depending on which BLS course option you choose, or Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED; CE/CME may be available for your profession.

Participation and Successful Completion
Successful completion of this CE activity includes the following:

  1. Complete all portions of the online activity
  2. Complete the course evaluation
  3. Receive the certificate/statement of credit

Joint Accreditation Statements

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The American Heart Association. The American Heart Association is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Disclosure Statement

ANCC Credit Designation Statement – Nurses
The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 1.75 contact hours.

Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 2.00 Basic CEHs, activity number 25-AMHA-F4-0037.

By claiming CAPCE credit, the claimant acknowledges the following: I understand that the American Heart Association as a requirement of CAPCE accreditation will submit a record of my course completions to the CAPCE AMS. I further understand that my course completion records may be accessed by or shared with such regulators as state EMS offices, training officers, and NREMT on a password-protected, need-to-know basis. In addition, I understand that I may review my record of CAPCE-accredited course completions by contacting CAPCE.