Course Audience
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) is designed to train professionals to respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies for adult, child, and infant victims. Consistent with the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR/ECC, BLS is the foundational CPR/AED program typically required for healthcare providers and public safety professionals.
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) uses a scenario-based approach to develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills that drive better patient outcomes. It covers breathing and cardiac emergencies – including CPR, AED, and obstructed airway – for adult, child, and infant patients.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Scene Safety
- Using Protective Barriers
- Checking Responsiveness
- Activating EMS
- Adult, child and infant CPR
- 1 and 2 person rescue
- Assisting Unresponsive Patients
- Assisting Choking Patients
- Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Demonstration
- What does an AED do?
- Basic AED operation and function
- Other considerations in AED use
- Written and hands-on exam
