AHA HeartCode BLS and ACLS Skills Sessions in Holden Heights, FL
You finished the HeartCode online module. The half that actually puts a valid card in your hand is the in-person skills session, and at Cardiac Edge it is led by a paramedic, not a self-checkout kiosk. Jay Pellegrino is a 20-year paramedic and American Heart Association instructor who has trained more than 15,000 providers, and he runs your BLS or ACLS skills check to the clinical standard the credential demands. Holden Heights nurses, physicians, dental teams, and EMS providers bring their HeartCode Part 1 completion certificate, complete the required hands-on skills test, and walk out the same day with the official American Heart Association card. There is no fixed storefront and no waiting room: we run your session on-site at your Holden Heights facility, or at a Central Florida training space we arrange and confirm when you book. Same-day certification, by appointment, anywhere across Orange County, FL and Central Florida.
Choose Your HeartCode Skills Session
You already did the online cognitive work. The skills session is the hands-on half that turns it into a real American Heart Association certification, and we issue that card the same day you pass, evaluated in person by a paramedic. AHA HeartCode BLS Skills Session. Already completed the online portion of AHA HeartCode BLS? The skills session is the second half of the blended course, the hands-on part you finish in person with an AHA instructor. You will run the BLS skills and the skills test, and the moment you pass, your official American Heart Association BLS Provider certification is issued the same day, no waiting. Bring your HeartCode Part 1 completion certificate and we handle the rest, on-site at your Holden Heights facility or at a Central Florida training space we arrange by appointment. You will not just get signed off; you will leave knowing your compressions, your mask seal, and your AED cold. AHA HeartCode ACLS Skills Session. Finished the online portion of AHA HeartCode ACLS? The skills session completes the blended pathway, the in-person, hands-on evaluation with an AHA instructor. You will demonstrate the ACLS skills and run the megacode, and when you pass, your official American Heart Association ACLS Provider certification is issued the same day. Bring your HeartCode Part 1 completion certificate; we come to your Holden Heights team, or set a date at a training space we arrange across the region. And because this is run by a paramedic who has worked codes for two decades, you will be evaluated by someone who expects you to actually know your rhythms, your drugs, and your algorithms, not just pass.
AHA HeartCode ACLS Skills Session
What is an AHA HeartCode skills session?
An AHA HeartCode skills session is the required hands-on, in-person half of HeartCode blended learning, the step the American Heart Association calls Part 2. After you finish the HeartCode online course (the cognitive portion, about one to two hours at your own pace), you complete an instructor-led skills session that leaves you walking out more confident and competent than before. Only after both the online course and the in-person skills session are complete does the AHA issue your official course-completion eCard, valid for two years. There is no legitimate online-only AHA certification: the hands-on check is mandatory, and it is the part we make fast, supportive, and same-day. Step one: complete the AHA online cognitive course at your own pace and save your completion certificate. Step two: meet your AHA instructor for your hands-on check-off, on-site at your Holden Heights facility or at a Central Florida training space we arrange by appointment. Step three: pass, and your official AHA eCard is issued the same day, valid two years and verifiable at ecards.heart.org. At your facility: request a date and we bring the instructor and all the equipment to you, check off your entire Holden Heights team in a single visit, and issue certifications the same day, anywhere across Orange County, FL and Central Florida. Prefer a neutral space? We will arrange a Central Florida training space and confirm the time when you book, so you bring your HeartCode Part 1 completion certificate and walk out certified the same day.
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What Your AHA HeartCode BLS Skills Session Covers
HeartCode BLS is the American Heart Association's blended pathway: a self-paced online cognitive module first, then a hands-on skills session in person. The skills session is where you prove you can actually do it — and it's required for a genuine AHA card. There is no valid fully-online BLS certification. You complete an instructor-led skills session guaranteed to leave you walking out more confident and competent than ever before. Here's exactly what we evaluate.
High-Quality CPR — Adult, Child & Infant
Rate of 100 to 120 a minute, full chest recoil, interruptions under ten seconds, and the right depth for every patient. We watch your hand placement and body mechanics so what you deliver is high-quality CPR — not just CPR.
Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation
The skill most providers quietly hope nobody watches. Airway positioning, the E-C clamp, and just enough volume for visible chest rise. Before you leave, you'll get a perfect seal with chest rise — we make sure of it.
Early AED Use
When and how to deploy an AED, keeping compressions running around analysis and shock, and when pediatric pads become adult pads. Early defibrillation is the single biggest survival multiplier — you'll own it.
Rescue Breathing & the Pulse Check
The right rate for every age — with memory hooks that stick — and the every-two-minute pulse check that guides everything. No pulse, or an infant or child under 60? You move to CPR immediately.
Choking Relief
Relief techniques for adults, children, and infants, conscious and unconscious — including what changes the moment a choking patient goes down. The emergency you're most likely to meet outside of work.
High-Performance Team Dynamics
Putting it together as a team member and a team leader: clear roles, closed-loop communication, and seamless compressor rotation so quality never drops during a real resuscitation.
AHA HeartCode BLS Skills Session — FAQ
What Your AHA HeartCode ACLS Skills Session Covers
HeartCode ACLS is the AHA's blended pathway — the online cognitive portion (roughly 6.5 to 7 hours, per the AHA), then the hands-on skills session in person. The skills session is where it counts: rhythms, electrical therapy, the megacode. There's no valid online-only ACLS card — the hands-on evaluation with an AHA instructor is required. You complete an instructor-led skills session guaranteed to leave you walking out more confident and competent than ever before. Here's what we put you through.
Rhythm Recognition — Stable vs Unstable
You won't read a rhythm off a card. You'll know it — and whether your patient is stable or unstable. That one distinction drives your entire response: medicine, or Edison.
Synchronized Cardioversion & Pacing
Genuine proficiency, not name recognition. When to sync, why the monitor drops out of sync after each shock, how much energy, and how to coach a scared patient through pacing — done enough times that your hands know it.
The Megacode
Team-based cardiac arrest scenarios where you lead and follow. The one place you do read the algorithm: laminate it, run it, cross off each step. Calm, systematic, exactly how strong teams run a real code.
Airway, Ventilation & Capnography
Adjuncts and advanced airways, what changes once one is in — one breath every six seconds, compressions never stop — and waveform capnography, the most honest number in the room.
Drugs & Reversible Causes
Your medications and the H's and T's behind a code that won't break. We confirm you can pull the right drug for the right rhythm and find the cause that everyone else missed.
High-Performance Team Dynamics
As a team member and a team leader: clear roles, closed-loop communication, and a leader who sees the whole resuscitation at once — until the choreography of a working code feels natural.
AHA HeartCode ACLS Skills Session — FAQ
Why Complete Your Skills Session With Cardiac Edge
Plenty of providers get sent to a self-checkout verification station, or to a site that openly won't help first-timers. Your skills check here is led, in person, by a paramedic who has spent two decades doing this for real. Your check-off is led by Jay Pellegrino, a 20-year paramedic and AHA instructor who has trained roughly 15,000 providers. We coach you through it, which matters most if you're testing for the first time or your card lapsed. Transparent pricing: a BLS skills session is $75 and an ACLS skills session is $95, our ACLS check running well below the $150 many local sites charge. Active military and returning students save 15%. Pass, and your American Heart Association eCard is issued the same day and is valid two years, the exact credential Orange County, FL employers and schools verify. There's no storefront to drive to: we bring the instructor and all the equipment to your hospital, practice, or agency for a group check-off, or you book an appointment at a Central Florida training space we arrange. How do I know my AHA certification is the real thing? In Florida, healthcare employers and nursing schools accept the American Heart Association card; many do not accept Red Cross, and none accept online-only certifications. A quick scam tell: a genuine AHA eCard does not print the cardholder's name on the card face the way many knockoff cards do, and every real AHA card can be verified at the AHA's eCards site. If a course promises full certification with no hands-on skills session, it cannot issue a valid AHA card. Taught and reviewed by Jay Pellegrino, Paramedic and American Heart Association Instructor, Cardiac Edge.
A named, credentialed instructor
ACLS skills $95, not $150
Same-day official AHA eCard
Two campuses — or we come to you
How do I know my AHA certification is the real thing?
Skills Sessions for Holden Heights's Healthcare Community
Your team knocked out the AHA HeartCode online cognitive portion weeks ago, and the only thing still standing between them and a valid card is Part 2 — the in-person skills check-off on a manikin with an instructor watching every compression. Holden Heights, FL sits just minutes from Orlando Health's downtown campus and the SoDo medical district, yet the dental offices, PT clinics, and urgent cares tucked into this in-town neighborhood don't have a hospital's in-house evaluator on standby the way those big institutions do. We bring the AHA HeartCode BLS and ACLS skills sessions to your Holden Heights office by appointment — manikins, instructor, and the hands-on evaluation — so blended-learning staff aren't burning a clinic day shuttling a few exits up the road to finish a check-off that takes minutes. Book the appointment, run the whole team through in one sitting, and let everyone walk out carded the same day.
Nursing & medical students
Hospital & clinic staff
Practices, EMS & teams
Book Your HeartCode Skills Session — Same-Day Certification
Book your BLS or ACLS skills session today: same-day certification, in person with a paramedic, anywhere across Central Florida, on a date that fits your schedule. Skills Session at Your Location: Have a team to certify? Request a date for your hands-on American Heart Association HeartCode BLS or ACLS skills session and we bring the instructor and all the equipment to your Holden Heights facility, certifying your whole group across Orange County, FL in a single on-site visit. By Appointment at a Training Space We Arrange: Ready to finish your own certification? Request a date for your hands-on BLS or ACLS skills session, we'll confirm a Central Florida training space, and you leave the same day with your official AHA card.
Skills Session — On-Site or By Appointment
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