BASIC LIFE SUPPORT – BLS PROVIDER

This course is for those in the Healthcare field or Professional rescuer field. (nurses, doctors, allied health, radiology, lifeguards, EMS or students entering these fields) If you are not sure which course to take check with your employer, school or call us.

The BLS Course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED.

In the Instructor-led course, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.

Features

• Updated science and education from the new 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC

• Instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency

• Emphasis on high-quality CPR including a team dynamics classroom activity

• Video-based course with real world scenarios

Course Content

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants

• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components

• Use of an AED

• Effective ventilations using a barrier device

• Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR

• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

Course time: 4 – 4 ½ hours