AUBURN — The Corporate and Community Services Department at Central Maine Community College is offering two sections of the American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers. The first will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, and the second from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 29.

The courses are designed to provide health care professionals with important skills in adult and pediatric CPR, use of the bag-valve mask, airway obstruction, automated external defibrillation (with child AED update), stroke and cardiac arrest, and other special resuscitation situations.

Each of these single-day courses is open to the public and intended for health care professionals or anyone whose work brings them into frequent contact with the public. Registration is open and ongoing but space is limited. The cost of the class is $79 and includes all materials. For more information or to register, go to: www.cmcc.edu/ccs or call 207-755-5280. The registration deadline for the February class is Feb. 16.