BLS Provider replaced BLS for Healthcare Providers New or Renewal - Update.
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BLS Provider (BLS for Healthcare Providers) Features
The BLS 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. In the Instructor-led course, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.
• Updated science and education from the new 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
• Instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
• Emphasis on high-quality CPR including a team dynamics classroom activity
• Video-based course with real world scenarios The AHA’s new BLS Course has been updated to include science and education from the 2015 Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. It teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on high-quality CPR and team dynamics. In the Instructor-led course, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam. Course Content
• The importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival • 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 • The importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use • Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device • The importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR • The technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
Liability Statement for eHealthCPR Courses
(BLS Provider New or Update) These people should take this course! Physicians, Pharmacist, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Respiratory Therapist, Pharmacy Student, Nursing Students, Nurses, Physician Assistants, EMT Student, Paramedic, Firefighter, Nurse Practitioner, EMT, Medical Students, Certified Nurse Assistant - CNA's, CNA Students, etc. Dentists and dental assistants are required to know and maintain CPR certification. Dental Hygienist: While dental offices may seldom have a need for CPR skills, some dental procedures could cause a patient to experience a cardiac arrest. Note: BLS Provider replaces BLS for Healthcare Providers course! Doctors, Nurses, Laboratory Technicians: Hospitals require medical personal to be CPR certified. Medical personnel like doctors, nurses and laboratory technicians may be required to perform CPR in the course of their duties. (BLS Provider). Like hospitals, all medical personnel in a doctor's office must know how to perform advanced CPR. Office personnel, while less likely to perform CPR, may be still be required to maintain a basic CPR certification. Most offices will likely have an AED on premise, and employees must know how to use it. (BLS Provider) . Medical and Dental Offices: Medical clinical personnel must maintain advanced CPR skills, which includes the use of basic equipment and how to do two-man CPR. Non-medical personnel could maintain CPR certification at a basic level. AED instruction may be required as a part of the CPR certification process. (BLS Provider)