Whether your childcare or school job requires pediatric CPR certification or you want to be ready if a child in your care stops breathing or starts choking, this class prepares you for both. Idaho Medical Academy is an American Heart Association (AHA) Training Center in Boise, and every class is taught by an AHA-certified instructor. Get hands-on practice with infant and child CPR, AED use, and choking relief, so you can act quickly and with confidence when a child needs help. You’ll receive an AHA eCard valid for two years upon completing the class.
In person at the Boise campus
Class Fee
AHA Pediatric CPR/AED + First Aid, by email
Certification Validity
No prior training is needed. Here’s how the class fits your role. If you’re a nurse, EMT, paramedic or other healthcare provider, visit our AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) instead.
Idaho child care licensing requires certification in infant and child CPR, rescue breathing, and first aid, taught in person by a certified instructor. Online courses are not accepted, and this class meets the requirement.
Schools, districts and youth programs commonly ask staff and coaches for pediatric CPR and first aid. This class is built around the emergencies you're most likely to see with kids in your care.
Families and agencies usually ask for a current pediatric CPR and first aid card. This class gives you an AHA eCard you can show them, valid for two years.
You don't need a card, but hands-on practice is what makes the skills stick. It's the part you can't get from a video.
One fee covers the in-person class, hands-on skills practice and testing, and your AHA eCard. Because it’s taught in person by a certified instructor, it meets Idaho child care licensing requirements, which don’t accept online courses.
* Student workbook not included (purchase options will be provided in the enrollment confirmation email)
The class is built around the emergencies that actually happen to children and infants, and the whole thing is hands-on. You practise on child and infant manikins in the room, with an instructor watching, and finish with a skills check-off.
Every general public class runs off the same calendar, so you can see the next Pediatric CPR dates alongside the other classes, and book the one that fits. Classes are held at Idaho Medical Academy’s Boise campus and fill up around school and childcare licensing deadlines, so book in advance.
If you need a class for six or more people, call the CPR Division at (208) 996-9248 instead of booking individually, and IMA will help you get your group class scheduled.
This class can be taught at your facility instead of the IMA campus. Call the CPR Division at (208) 996-9248 and IMA will help you get your on-site group class scheduled. Click the button below to visit our Group Class page and learn more.
Pediatric CPR/AED + First Aid is built for childcare workers, teachers and babysitters. It runs 3.5 hours and issues an AHA Pediatric CPR/AED + First Aid eCard valid for two years. Check the exact wording your licensing body requires before you book, and call if you’re not sure.
Pediatric CPR/AED + First Aid is $50. The price does not include the student workbook.
Yes. The pediatric class focuses on children and infants throughout, including infant CPR, infant choking relief and AED use on an infant.
Yes. Idaho Medical Academy is an AHA Training Center, and this class issues an AHA Pediatric CPR/AED + First Aid eCard by email.
AHA Pediatric CPR/AED + First Aid certification is valid for two years from the date of the class.
No. Healthcare providers need BLS for Healthcare Providers, which is a separate class on its own page. This is a layperson-level class and will not satisfy a clinical employer or a nursing program.
No. There is no pre-work. Show up and the whole class happens on campus, including the hands-on practice and the skills check-off.
Take the pediatric class if the people you care for are children. Take Heartsaver CPR/AED + First Aid if you need a general certification covering adults as well as children and infants. If an employer has asked for something specific, contact us with the wording you were provided and we’ll tell you which class fits your needs.
CPR classes are held at Idaho Medical Academy’s campus, located at 2323 S Vista Ave Ste 203, Boise, ID 83705. Groups of 6 or more can have a class taught at their own facility instead.
Yes, for a minimum of 6 students plus a $50 fee per group. The group fee is charged for the initial class only and is waived if you schedule with us again. Travel is $50 within a 25-mile radius of Meridian and Overland Rd in Meridian, and a mileage fee may apply beyond that.
View Idaho Medical Academy’s AHA CPR calendar, pick a date that works, and register online. Call our CPR Division if you have questions, for assistance enrolling in a class, or to schedule a group class. We’re happy to help.