Cs-030024 CRT 101 - BLS for the Healthcare Provider Course (BLS HCP)
Type

Credit
Description
Course Description:
The AHA’s BLS 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. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
Course Content:
- 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 multi rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi rescuer CPR
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
Course Length:
Approximately 4 Hours
Intended Audience:
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.
Student Materials:
Materials for the AHA's BLS Provider ILT Course are currently available through ShopCPR.Heart.org or WorldPoint. Materials include:
20-1102: BLS Provider Manual (includes BLS Reference Card, product 20-1132)
20-3102: BLS Provider Manual eBook (includes BLS Digital Reference Card, product 20-3123)
20-1132: BLS Reference Card
20-3123: BLS Digital Reference Card
Objectives
- Effective ventilation using a barrier device
- High-performance teams
- High-quality BLS for adults, children, and infants
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for adults, children, and infants
- Use of an AED
Fees
Activity Director
Activity Coordinators
RayQuall Hutchinson
Elizabeth Curran
TROY JACKSON