The Virginia Health & Safety Institute is dedicated to equipping individuals with lifesaving knowledge. Based in Herndon, Virginia, we provide CPR, First Aid and AED courses compliant with state and federal standards.
With over 25 years of experience in the field, our team understands the unique needs of our community. As a 100% woman-owned small business, VAHSI is deeply rooted in our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
We offer flexible in-person and online training, so the people who need a certification can actually get one around a job and a life. At the heart of our mission is a simple yet powerful idea: Save a Heart. Save a Life.®
Certification only means something if the body issuing it is recognized. Ours are.
Our CPR, AED and First Aid courses are delivered under the Emergency Care & Safety Institute, and the completion cards are nationally recognized.
A licensed training provider relationship that keeps our curriculum and instructor standards current.
Certification number 826884. Training with us counts toward supplier diversity requirements for Virginia organizations.
We are unusual in doing both. Most companies teach you CPR or sell you an AED. Doing both means the device on your wall is one your team has actually practised on.
CPR, AED and First Aid for adults, children and infants. Bloodborne pathogens. Babysitter safety. Plus the Virginia compliance courses that alcohol servers, hotel staff, hemp retailers and tobacco retailers are required to hold.
Browse all coursesHeartSine, Cardiac Science, Physio Control, Defibtech and ZOLL. Every unit comes with free in-person delivery and setup by a certified instructor, free AED training for your team, and 12 months of monitoring.
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Over 25 years. Our instructors are state and nationally certified professionals, and that experience is the reason we can adapt a class to a room full of nurses or a room full of teenagers without missing a beat.
It means VAHSI qualifies as a small, women-owned business under Virginia SWAM certification number 826884. If your organization has supplier diversity targets, training with us counts toward them.
Yes. We are an ECSI Authorized Training Center and a Red Cross Training Provider, and our CPR, AED and First Aid courses meet OSHA requirements. The cards you receive are accepted by employers and licensing boards.
Our in-person training is centred on Herndon and the surrounding counties, since that is where we can get to you reliably. Our online courses are open to anyone in Virginia and beyond.
State and nationally certified instructors with more than 25 years of combined field experience. You are not getting a video and a checkbox, you are getting a person who has taught this to nurses, to teenagers, and to office teams who had never touched a manikin.
Regularly. We train school staff, camps, faith groups and community organizations across Northern Virginia, and non-profit groups can request a NARCAN donation rather than purchasing.
Yes. We routinely split a team across several sessions so a business can stay open, including early mornings and weekends. Tell us your constraints and we will build the schedule around them.
205 Van Buren St, Suite 120, Herndon, VA 20170. We are a short drive from Reston, Sterling, Chantilly and Fairfax, and easy to reach from the Dulles Toll Road. Visits are by appointment, so email first and we will have an instructor ready for you.
Either. Our instructors travel to workplaces, schools, places of worship and community groups throughout Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Arlington counties. If you would rather come to us, we host groups at the Herndon training center.
Yes, for training and for AED purchases, and for teams of any size. Send us your headcount or unit count and we will quote it properly rather than pointing you at a list price.
We are a local, 100% woman-owned small business with over 25 years in the field, and we do both training and equipment. That combination means the AED on your wall is one your team has actually practised on, and that you deal with the same people every time rather than a call centre.
Yes. VAHSI holds Virginia SWAM certification number 826884 as a small, women-owned business, so spend with us counts toward supplier diversity requirements for Virginia organizations that track them.
Most requests get a response the same business day. If you are working to a deadline, say so in your first message and we will prioritize it.
We are a Herndon small business. Our instructors travel across Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Arlington counties to train teams where they work.
Tell us what your employer, regulator or license asks for and we will point you at the right one. Most requests get a response the same business day.