The Basic Life Support (BLS) Course
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.
It reflects the science and education from the American Heart Association (AHA) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) guidelines for CPR.
Who should take this course?
The AHA BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and pre-hospital settings.
What you expect to learn:
- The chain of survival for cardiopulmonary arrest
- Differences in adult, child and infant BLS sequence
- High Performance Resuscitation Team Dynamics
- High Performance Resuscitation Team Metrics
- Highly Effective Chest Compressions
- Administering effective ventilations
- Correct use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
- BLS in Special circumstances e.g. in pregnancy
- Relief of chocking in a conscious vs. in an unconscious patient
Course Duration
approx. 6 contact hours