Basic Life Support (BLS)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies and also emphasizes the importance of giving high-quality chest compressions, delivering appropriate ventilations and also the importance of early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).  

This course is targeted 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. BLS is a one (1) day course. 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants  
2. The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components  
3. Important early use of an AED  
4. Effective ventilations using a barrier device  
5. Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR 
6. Phases of resuscitation. Electrical phase. Hemodynamic phase. Metabolic phase. 
7. Recognition of cardiac arrest 
8.  Pulse checks and rhythm analysis 
9. CPR -Adult, Child, Infant Foreign Body Airway Obstruction 
10. Automated External Defibrillator ( A.E.D ) 
11. Special Circumstance 
12. When to Stop; When not to start Resuscitation 
13.  Medical Legal and Ethical Consideration