AHA – Basic Life Support Renewal (BLS for Healthcare Providers Renewal)

AHA – Basic Life Support Renewal (BLS for Healthcare Providers Renewal)

$85.00 3 hours

CURRENT Card required to take this course – expired cards require you to take a full course.

STUDENTS WITH AN EXPIRED CARD WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND THE CLASS. PLEASE CHECK THE EXPIRATION DATE ON YOUR CARD.  This video-based, Instructor-led course features accelerated content that is designed for learners with existing BLS knowledge, allowing for time efficiency while teaching both single-rescuer and team BLS skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings. This course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. It includes adult, child, and infant rescue techniques.

BLS teaches skills using AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows Instructors to observe students, provide feedback, and guide students’ acquisition of skills. The course uses a recommended ratio of 6 students to 2 manikins to 1 instructor.

After successfully completing the BLS Renewal Course, students should be able to:

  • describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
  • describe all the steps of the Chain of Survival
  • apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
  • recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
  • perform high-quality CPR for an adult
  • describe the importance of early use of an AED
  • demonstrate the appropriate use of an AED
  • provide effective ventilation by using a barrier device
  • perform high-quality CPR for a child
  • perform high-quality CPR for an infant
  • describe the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation
  • perform as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
  • describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for an adult or child
  • describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for an infant.

In the event you need to cancel this class and request a refund the cost of the e-book if purchased is not refundable.

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