BLS - Healthcare Providers (American Heart Association Course)

Basic Life Support (BLS) is the foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest. This video-based, Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings. This course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills.

The course content focuses on:

High-quality CPR and its impact on survival
Chain of Survival and applying the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
High-quality CPR on adults, children, and infants
Use an AED
Effective ventilations with a barrier device
Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants.

BLS training is intended for healthcare professionals (certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed), including:

physicians
nurses
paramedics
emergency medical technicians
respiratory, physical, and occupational therapists
physician's assistants
residents or fellows
medical or nursing students in training
aides, medical or nursing assistants, and other allied health personnel

In addition, BLS training can be appropriate for first responders, such as police officers and firefighters.

Students must pass a 25 question exam and skills test in order to qualify for a BLS Course Completion Card.

Course length for the classroom-based course is approximately 3 hours.

The American Heart Association requires that each student has a student manual to reference during this course. If you already own one or have access to one before, during, and after the class, you do not need to purchase one. A link for the Manual will be emailed to you.

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