Description:

• Updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC

• Teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings

• Designed for healthcare providers who must have a card documenting successful completion of a CPR course

• Classroom-based (instructor and video) course instructs students to:

  • Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival

  • Describe 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

  • Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use

  • Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device

  • Describe the importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR

  • Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

• Manual includes 3-panel BLS Reference Card (not sold separately), covering:

  • Critical Concepts

  • BLS Healthcare Provider Adult Cardiac Arrest Algorithm—2015 Update

  • BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for the Single Rescuer—2015 Update

  • BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for 2 or More Rescuers—2015 Update

  • Summary of High-Quality CPR Components

  • Relief of Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction 

• Card Type: BLS for Healthcare Providers Course Completion Card

• Written exam and skills test

• CME credits: No