It is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out of hospital settings.

These healthcare providers may include (but are not limited to) Physicians, Medical Students, General Practitioners, General and Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Managers and Staff Nurses, Advanced Paramedics, Paramedics, Emergency Medical Technicians, Dentists, Respiratory Therapists, Cardiac Technicians, Cardiac Rehabilitation Staff, Physiotherapists, Physical and Occupational Therapists, Nursing Students, Care Assistants and other Allied Healthcare Personnel.

Eligibility Checklist

✅ Healthcare professional

Instructor & DVD-led skills demonstration and practice sessions that include:

✅ One and two rescuer Adult CPR
✅ One and two rescuer Child CPR
✅ One and two rescuer Infant CPR
✅ Adult, Child and Infant recovery position
✅ Adult, Child and Infant choking (conscious and unconscious)
✅ Safe and effective use of an AED
✅ Special considerations when using an AED
✅ Use of face masks & bag-valve-mask devices
✅ Skills group practice
✅ Skills testing
✅ Post Course MCQ

4 – 5 hours

✅ Actively participate in, practice, and complete all skills and skills assessments
✅ Demonstrate competence in the performance on manikins using the American Heart Association’s critical skills checklists while performing the following skills
✅ Adult One-rescuer CPR with the AED
✅ Infant one rescuer CPR
✅ Score 84% in the post-course MCQ

Participants who successfully complete the course, including the skills evaluation, will receive an American Heart Association / Irish Heart Foundation Healthcare Provider course completion card (credential).

This accreditation is recognised in over 50 countries throughout the world.

Our highly-experienced Instructors come from an Irish healthcare setting and all remain in day-to-day clinical practice where they regularly train and carry out these skills. They are regarded as experts in their field and have a proven ability to teach.

Codeblue is a registered and approved Irish Heart Foundation / American Heart Association training site. Course certificates are only issued to approved and registered training sites where the currently certified Instructors carry full public and professional liability insurance.