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Basic Life Support (BLS)

The American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support (BLS) course prepares Healthcare Professionals to recognize and respond to life-threatening emergency situations, give high-quality chest compressions (CPR), deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED promptly until the patient can be given complete medical care at a hospital.
The course provides a foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest.

  • One Day Workshop
  • Original AHA Study Material Provided
  • AHA Certificate and E-card Provided
  • Certification Valid for 2 years

ELIGIBILITY

  • MBBS, BHMS, BAMS, BUMS, BDS, Physiotherapy, B.Sc. Nursing, GNM, ANM, B.Pharm, D.Pharm.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?

Healthcare professionals, EMS providers, and any other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and pre-hospital settings.
On completion of the course, the participant would be capable of recognizing cardiac arrest, activating the emergency system early and responding quickly and confidently.
The knowledge and skills learned in this course will equip you to give victims the best chance of survival.

COURSE CONTENT

  • The components of high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
  • The Chain of Survival for pre-hospital and in-facility providers
  • Important early use of an AED
  • Effective ventilations using a barrier device
  • Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
  • Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

COURSE INSTRUCTORS

The AHA’s BLS course is delivered by highly experienced emergency physicians, intensivists and doctors who are certified instructors of the American Heart Association.
They deliver both the cognitive portion of training and the psychomotor component of thorough skills practice and testing in a classroom setting using simulated situations and state of the art equipment.