Basic Life Support/CPR

This course is intended for people in the healthcare profession and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills (students, EMT's, doctors, nurses, etc.). Successful completion of the course provides a 2-year American Heart Association certification.

Textbook Purchase Required:

The BLS/CPR course covers the following:

• 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

This is a 3-hour BLS CPR renewal course for those with a valid or recently expired AHA card. Participants must bring their old card, review prior materials, and pass a 25-question open-book exam and skills test. An AHA Course Completion eCard is issued.

The BLS/CPR Renewal course reviews the following:

• Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
• The AHA Chain of Survival
• 1-Rescuer CPR/AED for Adult/Child/Infant
• 2-Rescuer CPR/AED for Adult/Child/Infant
• Differences between adult, child, infant rescue techniques
• Bag-mask techniques for adult, child, and infant
• Rescue breathing for adult, child, and infant
• Relief of choking for adult, child, and infant
• Intro to CPR with an advanced airway