Basic Life Support

(BLS)

The BLS course is designed for those who work in the healthcare field, such as nurses or nursing students, dentists, pharmacists, and EMTs. Although anyone may take this course. Topics covered will be geared toward those in a healthcare environment and include situations for adults, children, and infants, which include the following:

  • Chain of survival

  • BLS for adults

  • The framework for CPR

  • High-Performance Rescue Teams

  • Adult BLS Algorithm for Healthcare Providers

  • CPR techniques, including how to use a pocket mask and bag-mask device

  • 2 rescuer BLS

  • Team dynamics

  • BLS for children and infants

  • AEDs are used for adults, children, and infants

  • Opioid treatment

  • Choking relief for adults, children, and infants

The BLS Course focuses on what you need to know to perform high-quality CPR in a wide variety of settings. You will also learn how to respond to choking and other types of life-threatening emergencies.

You will receive an American Heart Association certification valid for two years upon completing the course successfully.

Cost (Course + Book): $104.00

Course Length: 4 Hours

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After successfully completing the BLS Course, you should be able to:

  • Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival.

  • Describe all the steps in the Chains of Survival.

  • Apply the BLS concepts of the Chains of Survival.

  • Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR.

  • Perform high-quality CPR for an adult, a child, and an infant.

  • Describe the importance of early use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

  • Demonstrate the appropriate use of an AED.

  • Provide effective ventilation by using a barrier device.

  • Describe the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation.

  • Perform as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR.

  • Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for an adult, a child, and an infant.