
American Heart Association Certification
AHA BLS and ACLS Certification Courses
Cardiac Edge delivers American Heart Association BLS and ACLS certification across Fort Meade and Polk County — taught on the same AHA curriculum the region's hospitals, surgery centers, dental practices, and nursing programs require, with official AHA course completion cards issued the same day. Every session is led by Jason "Jay" Pellegrino, a 20-year paramedic who has trained more than 15,000 providers, so you learn the resuscitation standard from someone who has run it in the field — not read it from a slide. When your credential is on the line, that experience is the difference. We bring the training to your practice or facility, or we meet at a Central Florida training space we arrange and confirm when you book — initial or renewal, by appointment, on your timeline.
Training Site
Certification
Off-Site
Classes
Choose Your AHA Course
Pick the course you need and we come to you — by appointment, day or evening, seven days a week — or we set you up at a Central Florida training space we arrange. Initial and renewal AHA training for healthcare providers, medical practices, medical students, and nursing students, every session paramedic-taught. BLS is the American Heart Association's healthcare-provider CPR standard, covering high-quality compressions, AED use, bag-mask ventilation, and team dynamics. ACLS is the AHA's Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support course, covering rhythm recognition, megacode scenarios, airway management, and the resuscitation algorithms.


American Heart Association HeartCode Skills Sessions
Completed your AHA HeartCode online course? Book the hands-on skills check-off and walk out certified the same day. We bring the skills session to you — at your practice, facility, or group anywhere in Polk County — or we arrange a Central Florida training space and confirm the details when you book. Need full certification instead of a check-off? Ask about an initial or renewal BLS or ACLS session, with same-day certification whichever you choose. You schedule around your team's availability across Fort Meade and the surrounding area, seven days a week, with day and evening appointments. Request a date and we will set it.
AHA HeartCode BLS Skills Session
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Official AHA Training Site
Fort Meade is a historic Fort City on the Peace River south of Bartow, FL — small in population but big in draw, since Streamsong Resort makes it a world-class golf destination and the Peace River Paddle pulls regional visitors into town. When a place this size hosts crowds that size, the local family dental office, the small medical practice, and the urgent care that catches the visitor overflow all have to keep their AHA certifications current with no in-house instructor to lean on. We bring AHA BLS and ACLS certification straight to Fort Meade by appointment — to your dental suite, your clinic, or a Central Florida training space we arrange — so the whole team recertifies without driving out of the river town. You walk away the same day able to actually run a code, not just remember a slideshow.
Same-Day Certification
Experienced Instructors
We Come to You
What Students Say About Our Classes and Skills Sessions
"Jason is one of the best BLS instructors I've ever come across. His teaching style is amazing, and you leave with the confidence to perform CPR in a real emergency."
"Just took ACLS with Jason — a great teacher who really breaks down the algorithms so you actually learn them, not just memorize for the test."
Frequently Asked Questions
What AHA classes do you offer? +
We offer American Heart Association BLS and ACLS certification — both initial and renewal — plus AHA HeartCode skills sessions.
When do I get my AHA certification? +
Same day. You receive your official American Heart Association certification the day of your class.
Do you come to our location? +
Yes. We offer on-site AHA training at your practice, facility, or group anywhere in Polk County — or you can reserve a session by appointment.
What is an AHA HeartCode skills session? +
If you've completed the AHA HeartCode online course, you come in for the hands-on skills check and walk out certified the same day.
Who needs these AHA classes? +
Healthcare providers across Polk County — hospital and ER/ICU nurses, paramedics and EMS crews, surgery-center, cardiology, and dental teams, and nursing and medical students — plus anyone whose role or program requires current American Heart Association certification.
What areas do you serve? +
We serve Fort Meade and every neighboring Polk County community — Bartow, Frostproof, Lake Wales among them — for all AHA BLS and ACLS classes. The full list lives on our Polk County, FL AHA classes page, linked in the Areas We Serve section above.
Areas We Serve
Cardiac Edge serves Fort Meade, FL and the surrounding Polk County communities for AHA BLS and ACLS certification — initial and renewal, with same-day certification and paramedic-led, hands-on instruction. We come to your practice, facility, or group anywhere in Polk County, or we meet at a Central Florida training space we arrange and confirm when you book. Wherever you work in the area, we set the date around your schedule, not ours. Explore every community we cover on our Polk County, FL AHA courses page.

