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Frequently Asked Questions about American Heart Association  BLS ACLS PALS CPR AED courses

HOW TO REGISTER FOR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION COURSES BLS ACLS PALS  OR AHA ATLAS â€‹

As per new standards  One time registration is enough for a candidate for all AHA products.

you can register at following Products of AHA.

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AHA (AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ) ATLAS

1)Click the link below 

Atlas - AHA (heart.org)

https://atlas.heart.org/home

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2)Go to Sign In/ Sign Up on the right corner of AHA website

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3)   sign in or Create an Account for American Heart Association

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4) Please note enter your Country : First name:  Last Name :        email id:  Confirm email :  Phone:  password: XXXXXXXX confirm Password :XXXXXXXX as needed in your registration or American Heart Association  Course Card . (not necessary to add Mr/Ms/Mrs). Please don't add any fancy names or incomplete names while registering for AHA American Heart Association Course.

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5) Now you have signed in Following Tab will prop up:

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6) Now fill the details and you can see your dash board

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7) See proof of Completion for your Completed Courses.

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8)You can click e card  and see your completed cards

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9) click the down arrow to view the wallet size card and full size certificate. 

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10) Download it separately in pdf.

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11) Important Note: SOme of the AHA cards may show name , certificate column empty in your

phone pdf readers though certificate is originally downloaded from AHA American Heart tAssociation Site.

In Such cases no need to panic. Just Install or update your pdf readers in phone or install Adobe reader or foxit reader or drive pdf reader.or open in a system.

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HOW TO VERIFY IF AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE IS GENUINE OR OTHER WAY  TO DOWNLOAD AHA CARDS

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1) Certificates can be verified through e card verification link below or by scanning the QR code in the certificate or e card.

AHA eCards verification (heart.org)

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https://ecards.heart.org/student/myecards?pid=ahaecard.employerStudentSearch

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2)Enter your First name last name as mentioned in the American Heart Association card.

for example if your name  in card is AARAYNE S 

mention first Name as :AARAYNE & Last Name:S

email id: xxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com (as given for registration or at the time of class)

PLEASE DO NOT ADD ANY UNNECESSARY  SPACES AND SENTENCE CASE NEED TO BE CHECKED

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just enter the certificate number & click search

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do not enter both details together

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3)security Question will come and you can give a choice of security question and answer.

if you forgot you can get the certificate password sent via mail immediately provided mail id is correct.

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Employers can directly verify the AHA cards through QR code or e card access link and click employer tab and enter the certificate number to verify

https://ecards.heart.org/student/myecards?pid=ahaecard.employerStudentSearch

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select employer tab and enter the certificate number  mentioned in AHA

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HOW TO ACCESS THE BOOKS?

Presently AHA has 2 options of Providing books.

e books & Physical Copies.

Please note that e books is used by majority of training centres world wide and students swill be given an access code for ebook which student can claim from 

https://ebooks.heart.org/

OR AHA EBOOK READER APP (Available at Playstore -Android & IOS)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.impelsys.aha.android.ebookstore

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A TRAINING CENTRE TOLD ME AHA PHYSICAL BOOK IS GENUINE AND AHA E BOOKS ARE NOT GENUINE .IS IT TRUE?

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Facts: Both e books and Physical books are accepted as per AHA.

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TO VERIFY: Basic Life Support (BLS) Course Options | American Heart Association CPR & First Aid

https://cpr.heart.org/en/courses/basic-life-support-course-options

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IS THERE ANY OTHER OPTION TO DO THE AHA  AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION BLS ACLS 

PALS CPR AED FIRST AID COURSES.?

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There is an option. You can complete the Heart Code BLS and Heart Code ACLS/ Heart Code PALS and finish your theory and watch your online videos and complete the online portion. You can finish at your own pace.

After attending the course you will be given CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION from American Heart Association

and then You can attend the Practical exam at your heart code provided AHA center.

Please note that online theory (Heart code ) is not your final certifiate. You need to get your

final e card and certificate after demonstrating the practicals.

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HOW TO DO AHA PRECOURSE FOR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ACLS  AHA PALS?

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Please visit https://elearning.heart.org/ and select the Precourse and sign in or sign up as mentioned before using Your actual details and select the AHA Precourse Self assessment

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for ACLS: https://elearning.heart.org/course/423

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for PALS:https://elearning.heart.org/coursesearch?coursesearchvalue=pals+precourse

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Score 70 % of passing score to get your certificate.

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Please bring the scoring sheet as well as the final Precourse assessment certificate before attending the AHA ACLS/PALS course.

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If you had technical issues like server or AHA web got stuck .dont worry you can resume the course any time.

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WHAT IF I FAIL PRECOURSE ASSESSMENT FIRST TIME?

You can do the session many times until you score 70 % 

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IS AHA EXAMS OPEN TYPE ?

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yes AHA American Heart Association has given open source exam where in the student can look the candidates own ebook or physical e book issued by AHA and write the exam. But do not look into other person or discuss with the colleague . 

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WHAT IS THE PASSING SCORE IN EXAMS?

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Passing Score is 84% and Separately must passPractical exams also.

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CAN I BORROW AN E BOOK/ PHYSICAL BOOK FROM SOMEONE OR MY FRIEND AND ATTEND THE CLASS?​

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As per AHA every Student must have their own e book / Physical Book.

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