Class Enrollment

Basic Life Support (BLS) Skills
Date/Time:	Call to schedule
Location:	Call to schedule
Class Price:	$50.00

*** THIS IS THE SKILLS CHECK-OFF FOR THE ONLINE COURSE ***

The Basic Life Support (BLS) Skills 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 science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). After completing the online portion, students will attend this structured, Instructor-led hands-on session that focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, discussions of local protocols, and skills testing. This course is designed for students who have completed the online HeartCode BLS Course (https://shopcpr.heart.org/heartcode-bls). THIS IS THE SKILLS CHECK-OFF FOR THE ONLINE COURSE.

Who should take this course?

The AHA’s 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 prehospital settings. Important skills learned in the course are:

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
• Important early use of an AED
• Effective ventilations using a barrier device
• Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants