AHA BLS Provider Manual

• 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

• Dimensions: 8.375" x 10.875"
• 3-panel BLS Reference Card: 4" x 6.5"
• ISBN: 978-1-61669-407-4
• 96 pages