Description
Description
- Updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC
- Teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings
- Designed for healthcare providers who must have a card documenting successful completion of a CPR course
- Classroom-based (instructor and video) course instructs students to:
- Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
- Describe 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
- Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
- Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device
- Describe the importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
- Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
- Manual includes 3-panel BLS Reference Card (not sold separately), covering:
- Critical Concepts
- BLS Healthcare Provider Adult Cardiac Arrest Algorithm—2015 Update
- BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for the Single Rescuer—2015 Update
- BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for 2 or More Rescuers—2015 Update
- Summary of High-Quality CPR Components
- Relief of Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction
- Card Type: BLS for Healthcare Providers Course Completion Card
- Written exam and skills test
- CME credits: No
Replaces #90-1038
Specifications
Specifications
- Dimensions: 8.375" x 10.875"
- 3-panel BLS Reference Card: 4" x 6.5"
- ISBN: 978-1-61669-407-4
- 96 pages