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Healthcare Provider BLS: Blended Learning Heart Code Skills Check
Date/Time: Thu 12/18/2025 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Kotzebue Maniilaq EMS Training Room
Class Price: $0.00
Notes: Please ensure you have fully read and understand the course description. This is a blended online course. Please ensure you bring your certificate of completion with you on the day of class to complete your skills check.

 

Healthcare Provider BLS – HeartCode Blended Learning Skills Check

 

Northwest Arctic Region EMS is pleased to offer the AHA HeartCode® BLS Skills Check for healthcare providers and clinical support staff. This session completes the hands-on portion required for the AHA BLS Provider certification.

About This Course

HeartCode BLS is the American Heart Association’s blended learning format. Students first complete the online HeartCode BLS module at their own pace, followed by an in-person skills session with an AHA-certified instructor.

During the hands-on portion, students will practice and then demonstrate CPR competency without assistance, prompting, or coaching. Skills checks typically take 45–60 minutes, but we will spend as much time as needed to ensure confidence and proficiency.

Prerequisites (Must Be Completed Before Class)

  • Purchase HeartCode® BLS online: HeartCode BLS | AHA
  • Complete the online HeartCode BLS course.
  • Print and bring your completion certificate to your skills check.
  • Students without proof of completion must reschedule.

Skills Testing Requirements

To pass the in-person exam, students must successfully demonstrate:

  • 1- and 2-rescuer Adult BLS with AED
  • 1- and 2-rescuer Infant BLS

After Successful Completion

You will receive an email with a link to claim your AHA BLS Provider eCard. Your certification is not active until you claim your eCard.

eCards are typically issued within 30 days of class completion. Maniilaq Regional EMS can assist with eCard issues for the first 90 days. Failure to claim your eCard within 90 days may require retaking the course.

Official AHA Guide to Claiming Your eCard — Click Here

Attendance

If you are more than 10 minutes late without prior notification, you will need to reschedule your skills session.

 

Maniilaq Regional EMS
Regional EMS Office – Kotzebue, Alaska
Phone: (907) 442-7241
Email: nicholas.jicha@maniilaq.org


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NWAR-EMS, Maniilaq Association
Nicholas Jicha
 PO Box 256
Kotzebue, AK 99752

phone (907)442-7241

We speak with one voice.

The Northwest Arctic Region (NWAR) recognizes and advocates for regional responders but is also part of the larger EMS system Statewide. The seven EMS regions provide critical feedback and serve in an advisory role in collaboration with the State Office of EMS for systems development, certification, data management and licensing.  We speak with one voice is the motto for the Regional Directors to collectively advise in a way that benefits all Alaskans.

 

About Northwest Arctic Region EMS

The Maniilaq Emergency Medical Services (EMS) / Northwest Arctic Region EMS (NWAR-EMS) program strengthens, supports, and develops emergency medical services throughout the Northwest Arctic Region. We serve as the regional resource center for instructors, certifying officers, EMS providers, and community members.

 

NWAR-EMS collaborates closely with the State Office of EMS (SOEMS) and maintains representation on the State Training Committee, State Medical Direction Committee, and the Regional Directors Group. We make up 1/7th of the State of Alaska's regional representation for EMS. Other regions include: Interior Region EMS (IREMS), Sourthern Region EMS (SREMS), Southeast Region EMS (SEREMS), Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK Region),  Norton Sound, and the North Slope Borough. 

 

 

State of Alaska Code Blue Program

In addition to program development and advocacy, NWAR-EMS works with Alaska’s other regional councils to help administer and manage the state wide Code Blue capital grant program — supporting the essential equipment needs of EMS services across Alaska. We accept and evaluate equipment requests annually each spring and advocate for services requests within the Code Blue Steering committee each spring. For more information contact the Northwest Arcitic Regional Office.