Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare professionals trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality CPR, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED.
Price includes:
Skills check-off and your AHA BLS card.
Who should take this course? This course is designed for those who have already purchased or plan to purchase the 2020 HeartCode BLS online course. This is the skills check-off only to complete your certification. If you have NOT purchased the 2020 HeartCode BLS online portion or do not plan to on your own, please register for the AHA BLS Provider class. That class includes the online HeartCode portion.
What the Students Receive:
You will receive an AHA BLS Provider card valid for two years.
This BLS course is designed toward those who work in the healthcare field, such as nurses or nursing students, dentist, pharmacists, and EMTs. Although, anyone may take this course. Topics covered will be geared toward those in a healthcare environment and includes situations for adults, children and infants which include the following:
- Chain of survival
- BLS for adults
- The framework for CPR
- High-Performance Rescue Teams
- Main Components of CPR
- Adult BLS Algorithm for Healthcare Providers
- CPR techniques, including how to use a pocket mask and bag-mask device
- 2 rescuer BLS
- Team dynamics
- BLS for children and infants
- AED use for adults, children and infants
- Opioid treatment
- Choking relief for adults, children and infants
You will receive an American Heart Association certification valid for two years. You will receive an email from the American Heart Association with your certificate.