Basic Life Support For Healthcare Providers
Breathing new life into resuscitation education, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) is designed to train professionals to respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies for adult, child, and infant victims. Consistent with the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR/ECC, BLS is the foundational CPR/AED program typically required for healthcare providers and public safety professionals. Upon successful completion of the course, learners will receive a 2-year “Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers” digital certificate with anytime, anywhere access to certificate and training history.
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What You'll Learn
Through the use of lecture, skills demonstration and practice, case-based emergency response scenarios, and reflection and debriefing activities with a focus on team-based response, BLS builds the key critical thinking, problem solving, and team dynamic skills that are needed to drive better patient outcomes.
Course Objective
The purpose of the Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) course is to ensure that individuals with a duty to respond (public safety professionals and healthcare providers) have the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies. The course emphasizes active, hands-on learning and uses scenario activities to help participants learn how to provide CPR, use an AED and relieve an obstructed airway for adult, child and infant patients.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
None
CERTIFICATION
Participants who successfully complete the BLS program will be issued a Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification that is valid for two years.
COURSE OPTIONS AND LENGTHS
BLS is available through two delivery formats: instructor-led (classroom) and blended learning. Abbreviated versions of the instructor-led course are available with the Review course and Challenge options.
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
Classroom: 4 Hrs, 30 Min
Blended Learning: Online 2 Hrs - In-Person 2 Hrs, 30 Min
Comprehensive course with a focus on skills practice and scenario activities to apply skills in simulated emergencies.
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Review
Classroom: 2 Hrs, 30 Min
For participants with current professional-level CPR/AED certification from the Red Cross or equivalent organizations.
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Challenge
Classroom: Varies
For participants wishing to demonstrate knowledge and skills competency in front of a certified instructor outside of the formal class setting.
