Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers
This course is a detailed, comprehensive,
life support course designed to develop and hone CPR skills and techniques of using an automated external defibrillator (AED). This course teaches the participant how to recognize an emergency, how to stabilize and maintain stability of an emergency scene, how to perform a full initial assessment on a patient, how to perform rescue breathing, CPR, conscious choking, unconscious choking, and use an AED. Care for adults, children, and infants are taught and emphasized equally.
In addition, the use of more advanced medical equipment is taught in this course, certifying participants to use or assist in the usage of face shields, resuscitation masks, and bag-valve masks in responding to an emergency. If participants do not work in a healthcare setting, they will be fully trained in assisting emergency medical responders in using the above mentioned equipment upon arrival of advanced medical care.
Vital skills such as pulse check are taught only in this CPR course, and respiratory emergencies are emphasized along with cardiac emergencies.
- January 17th OR 18th. Open to first 50 students. Cost is $25
- 3 sessions, 4 manikin stations at each session, 4 students per station
- Course Length: 5.5 hours for every 16 students
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