Basic Cardiac Life Support + Automated External Defibrillator (BCLS + AED) Certification

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Course objective

This programme aims to equip participants with the skills of CPR and foreign body airway obstruction for adult and infant victims, and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) in an adult collapse victim.

Course content

Modules

  • Adult/child CPR
  • Relief of adult/child Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (conscious and unconscious) 
  • Infant CPR
  • Relief of Infant Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (conscious and unconscious) 
  • Application of AED
    • Safety issue
    • Pad placement

e-Course Manual

Click here for BCLS+AED e-Course Manual

Duration

0.5 day

Timing

8am to 12pm (AM session)
1pm to 5pm (PM session)

Course fees

$190 (excluding GST)
$207.10 (including 9% GST)
For non-SingHealth participant, there will be a charge of $13.08 for administrative fees.

Target audience

Medical / Nursing / Paramedical / General public

Assessment

  • Written Assessment
  • Skills assessment for:
    • CPR in adult and infant
    • Relief of foreign body airway obstruction in conscious adult and infant
    • Relief of foreign body airway obstruction in unconscious adult and infant
    • One-man CPR with AED scenarios

Award certification

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded:

  • An e-certificate with two years' validity (to be issued within 1 month after course completion). 
    To those attending ACLS, please select the schedule accordingly, as ceritifcates will be issued 1 month upon course completion.

Registration Form

For all SingHealth participants, do ensure your Blackboard account is activated at least 2 weeks before the course, as you are required to access it to read through the pre-course materials & watch the practical demo videos. No theory teaching will be conducted in class.

Theory test will also be conducted via Blackboard too, on course date itself. 

For Non-SingHealth participants, we will be creating a Blackboard account for you. Details will be given at least 2 weeks before the course. When filling up the registration in FormSG, for 'Participant's email', do indicate an email address that you are able to access via your mobile phone, as theory test will be conducted via Blackboard, and the OTP token 6 digit number will be sent to your email address for login. 

Registration Link: 

BCLS+AED Certification: Click here for Jul to Dec 2025 dates

BCLS+AED Theory Only (Medically exempted from Practical): Click here for Jul to Dec 2025 dates

FAQ

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Course Venue

National Heart Centre Singapore
5 Hospital Drive
Singapore 169609

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Contact person

Email: nazeera.hamzah@nhcs.com.sg

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