BLS for Healthcare Provider
The AHA’s new BLS Course has been updated to include science and
education from the 2015 Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. It teaches
single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both
prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on high-quality
CPR and team dynamics. In the Instructor-led course, students participate
in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with
an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing.
Students also complete a written exam.
Course Content
- The importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
- All of the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
- Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
- Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children and infants
- The importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
- Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device
- The importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
- The technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants