AHA HeartCode BLS & ACLS Skills Sessions in Sorrento, FL
Finished the HeartCode online portion? Complete the required hands-on skills session with an AHA instructor — at our location or yours — and walk out the same day with your official American Heart Association certification. Serving Sorrento and the surrounding Lake County area.
Cardiac Edge brings AHA HeartCode BLS and ACLS skills sessions to Sorrento and the surrounding Lake County communities — including Mount Dora, Eustis, and Tavares. Sorrento nurses, physicians, dental teams, and EMS providers finish the HeartCode online module, then complete the required hands-on skills session with our AHA instructor — at our East Orlando training location or on-site at your Sorrento facility — and walk out the same day with the official American Heart Association card.
Choose Your HeartCode Skills Session
You did the online cognitive work. The skills session is the hands-on half that makes your American Heart Association certification real — and we issue it the same day you pass.
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'll run the BLS skills and the skills test, and the moment you pass, your official American Heart Association BLS Provider certification is issued, same day, no waiting.
We hold sessions at both of our Central Florida training locations or bring them to your facility anywhere in the region. Bring your HeartCode Part 1 completion certificate and we handle the rest — and you won't just get signed off. You'll leave knowing your compressions, your mask seal, and your AED cold.
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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'll 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.
Held at our Central Florida locations or brought to your team's facility across the region. Bring your HeartCode Part 1 completion certificate. And because this is run by a paramedic who's worked codes for two decades, you'll be evaluated by someone who expects you to actually know your rhythms, your drugs, and your algorithms — not just pass.
Learn More About ACLS Skills Sessions ↓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 guaranteed to leave you walking out more confident and competent than ever 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.
Complete the AHA online cognitive course at your own pace and save your completion certificate.
Meet your AHA instructor in Orlando or Celebration — or we come to you — for your hands-on check-off.
Pass and your official AHA eCard is issued the same day, valid two years and verifiable at ecards.heart.org.
Skills Session at Our Location
Schedule your hands-on American Heart Association HeartCode BLS or ACLS skills session at our location. Pick a time on the calendar, bring your HeartCode Part 1 completion certificate, and walk out certified the same day at one of our Central Florida training locations.
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Schedule your hands-on American Heart Association HeartCode BLS or ACLS skills session at your location. We bring the instructor and all the equipment to your facility, check off your entire team in a single visit, and issue certifications the same day — anywhere across our eight Central Florida counties.
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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.
A named, credentialed instructor
Your check-off is led by Jay Pellegrino, a 20-year paramedic and AHA instructor who has certified roughly 15,000 providers. We coach you through it — which matters most if you’re testing for the first time or your card lapsed.
ACLS skills $95, not $150
Transparent pricing: a BLS skills session is $75 and an ACLS skills session is $95 — our ACLS check runs well below the $150 many local sites charge. Active military and returning students save 15%.
Same-day official AHA eCard
Pass and your American Heart Association eCard is issued the same day and is valid two years — the exact credential Central Florida employers and schools verify.
Two campuses — or we come to you
Test at our East Orlando location on Alafaya Trail or in Celebration, or we bring the instructor and all the equipment to your hospital, practice, or agency for a group check-off.
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.
Skills Sessions for Sorrento’s Healthcare Community
From the area’s nursing schools to its largest hospital systems, Cardiac Edge is where Sorrento finishes its AHA cards.
Nursing & medical students
Students at Lake-Sumter State College and Lake Technical College need AHA BLS before clinical rotations. Finish HeartCode online, then complete your hands-on skills session with us — same day, near Sorrento.
Hospital & clinic staff
Clinicians across UF Health Leesburg Hospital, AdventHealth Waterman and Orlando Health South Lake Hospital renew BLS and ACLS on a two-year cycle — finish HeartCode, then in and out the same day with your official AHA card.
Practices, EMS & teams
Medical and dental practices, EMS agencies, and care teams in Sorrento and nearby Mount Dora and Eustis get the entire staff checked off in a single on-site visit, anywhere across Lake County and Central Florida.
Book Your HeartCode Skills Session — Same-Day Certification
Book your BLS or ACLS skills session today — same-day certification, anywhere across Central Florida.
Skills Session at Our Location
Ready to finish your certification? Schedule your hands-on American Heart Association HeartCode BLS or ACLS skills session at our location, choose a time that works, and leave the same day with your official AHA card.
View the Skills Session Calendar →Skills Session at Your Location
Have a team to certify? Schedule your hands-on American Heart Association HeartCode BLS or ACLS skills session at your location — we bring everything to you and certify your whole group across Central Florida in a single visit.
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