Basic life support (BLS)

Introduction

The American Heart Association’s 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.

The Course is designed for healthcare professionals and 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 prehospital settings.

Course Content

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
• Important early use of an AED
• Effective ventilations using a barrier device
• Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
• Opioid-Associated life threatening emergencies
• Maternal cardiac arrest

Training methods

• Face to Face sessions with a duration of approximately 8 hours (1 day)
• Video assisted teaching and learning system
• Real time feedback
• Updated science based content

Assessment

• Theory exam consists of 25 MCQs
• Adult and Infant CPR skill assessment

Certificate

Candidates successfully completed the course requirement will get the certificate from American heart Association

Validity of Certificate

Two years from the date of course completion

Renewal

Renewal of the course is permitted as per the guidelines