Course Details
Course Overview
The American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform high-quality CPR and other lifesaving skills in a variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.
This course provides participants with the knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to recognize life-threatening emergencies, deliver effective CPR, use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and respond confidently as part of a resuscitation team.
Through instructor-led training and practical skills exercises, students will learn the latest AHA science-based techniques for improving survival outcomes during cardiac and respiratory emergencies.
BLS Course Topics
- High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
- One-rescuer and two-rescuer CPR techniques
- Team dynamics and effective resuscitation performance
- Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- Bag-mask ventilation and airway management
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for conscious and unconscious victims
- Recognition of cardiac arrest and respiratory emergencies
- Stroke recognition and emergency response
- Special resuscitation situations
- Other critical cardiopulmonary emergencies
Course Information
- Instructor-led classroom training
- Hands-on skills practice and testing
- American Heart Association curriculum
- Certification card issued upon successful completion