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Course Detail: AHAHCP1 - Basic Life Support (BLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
The American Heart Association's BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate breaths and ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. The course reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
Who should take this course?
The American Heart Association'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-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.
What does this course teach?
- High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
- BLS concepts from the Chain of Survival
- Delivering effective breaths or ventilations
- Importance of early use of and how to use an AED
- Performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants
Book included in course fee.
Upon completion of all course requirements, participants receive a BLS Provider Course Completion Card which is valid for two years.
Learn from the gold standard in lifesaving training.
This class can be delivered at specific work locations on request. Please call 541-440-4668 for more information.