Certifications We Offer For Healthcare Professionals​

CPR and Healthcare Certification in Riverside

Heart CPR provides BLS, ACLS, PALS, CPR/AED, and First Aid/CPR/AED certification classes for students and professionals throughout Riverside and the surrounding Inland Empire. Our Riverside location is a practical option for people who need training for healthcare employment, nursing school, clinical rotations, dental offices, EMS work, childcare, workplace safety, coaching, fitness, or general emergency preparedness.

Healthcare providers and students can register for American Heart Association BLS, ACLS, and PALS courses based on the certification they need and whether they are earning a card for the first time or renewing an existing one. Students outside healthcare can choose CPR/AED or First Aid/CPR/AED training for workplace, school, or organizational requirements.

Training Near Valley Springs Parkway

Serving Riverside and Nearby Communities

Our Riverside training location serves students from Riverside, Moreno Valley, Grand Terrace, Colton, Jurupa Valley, Woodcrest, Highgrove, Loma Linda, Redlands, Bloomington, and nearby Riverside County and San Bernardino County communities. The area includes hospitals, outpatient clinics, dental practices, healthcare schools, care facilities, public agencies, and local employers that often require current CPR or provider-level certification.

Practical Scheduling for Healthcare Workers and Students

Many people looking for BLS, ACLS, or PALS are fitting certification around shift work, school calendars, onboarding dates, or expiring cards. Heart CPR’s blended class format helps make that easier. Students complete the assigned online portion before the in-person session, then come to the facility for hands-on practice, instructor review, and skills testing.

Classes for Different Certification Requirements

Heart CPR offers both healthcare provider courses and general safety courses. BLS is commonly required for healthcare professionals and clinical students. ACLS supports adult advanced cardiovascular emergency training. PALS focuses on emergency response for infants and children. CPR/AED and First Aid/CPR/AED classes are available for non-healthcare workers, schools, childcare teams, coaches, fitness professionals, and employers.

Riverside Certification Options

BLS Provider and Renewal

BLS is a provider-level CPR/AED class for healthcare workers, medical students, nursing students, dental professionals, EMTs, medical assistants, caregivers, and others who may respond to cardiac arrest or breathing emergencies. Students practice adult, child, and infant CPR, AED use, ventilation support, choking response, and coordinated team response. Heart CPR offers BLS Provider and Renewal options for new and returning students.

ACLS Provider and Renewal

ACLS is for healthcare professionals who participate in adult emergency cardiovascular care. The course reviews rhythm recognition, airway management, medication topics, stroke care, acute coronary syndromes, cardiac arrest response, peri-arrest conditions, and team communication. Students may choose ACLS Provider or ACLS Renewal based on their current card status and the requirements from their employer, school, or clinical program.

PALS Provider and Renewal

PALS is designed for providers who may respond to serious emergencies involving infants and children. Students review pediatric assessment, respiratory distress and failure, shock, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, and team-based intervention. PALS is commonly required for emergency departments, pediatric units, urgent care settings, EMS, ICUs, respiratory care, and specialty clinical roles.

CPR/AED and First Aid Certification

Heart CPR also offers CPR/AED and First Aid/CPR/AED classes for students who do not need healthcare provider-level certification. These courses may be used for workplace safety, childcare, teaching, coaching, fitness, construction, security, office roles, and community preparedness. Depending on the class, students may learn CPR, AED use, choking response, bleeding control, injury care, sudden illness response, and basic first aid.

Renewal and Multi-Card Options

Students with current or recently expiring cards may be able to register for renewal classes. If you need more than one certification, combination options may be available depending on the schedule, including BLS with ACLS or BLS with PALS. This can help healthcare workers, students, and new employees complete multiple requirements with fewer separate training dates.

Group CPR, BLS, ACLS and PALS Training in Riverside

Onsite Training for Riverside Employers

Heart CPR provides onsite CPR, First Aid, BLS, ACLS, and PALS training for healthcare offices, dental practices, schools, childcare programs, clinics, care facilities, fitness businesses, public agencies, and local employers in and around Riverside. Our instructors bring the training equipment and teach at your location when scheduling allows. This gives teams a simpler way to renew together without sending staff members to separate public classes.

Private Group Certification Classes

Private group classes are available for organizations that want a dedicated training session. This option can be useful for medical practices, dental teams, school staff, childcare providers, outpatient centers, senior care teams, fitness studios, and companies with several employees due for certification. Private classes can support onboarding, annual training, inspection preparation, accreditation needs, and internal safety programs.