This video-based, Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills. It has been designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills.
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
- describe all 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 on adults, children, and infants
- describe the importance of early AED use and demonstrate using one
- provide effective ventilations with 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.
After completing the course students receive a course completion card valid for 2 years.
The BLS renewal course enables providers with expired BLS certification to renew their course card for another two years by taking an accelerated curriculum.
Provider eligibility for continuing education credit (renewal course):
Emergency Medical Services -- This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 2.25 Basic CEHs, activity number 18-AMHA-F2-0001.
Key Features and Benefits:
This DVD set allows BLS Instructors to choose one of two tracks -- in-facility or prehospital -- based on the needs of the students in either the initial class or the renewal class.
Disc one (classroom-based course)
- Course Introduction
- Life Is Why
- 1-Rescuer Adult BLS
- AED and Bag-Mask Device
- 2-Rescuer Adult BLS
- Team Dynamics
- Child BLS
- Infant BLS
- Special Considerations
- Adult and Child Choking
- Infant Choking
- Conclusion
Disc two (blended-learning course)
- Course Introduction
- Life Is Why
- 1-Rescuer Adult BLS
- AED and Bag-Mask Device
- 2-Rescuer Adult BLS
- Team Dynamics
- Child BLS
- Infant BLS
- Special Considerations
- Adult and Child Choking
- Infant Choking
- Conclusion
Disc three (renewal course DVD -- classroom-based course)
- 1-Rescuer Adult BLS
- 2-Rescuer Child BLS
- Team Dynamics
- Infant BLS
- Relief of Choking
- Special Considerations
- Conclusion
Dimensions and Specifications:
Running times:
- Disc one (classroom-based course): 104 minutes
- Disc two (blended-learning course): 48 minutes
- Disc three (renewal course DVD): 71 minutes
Additional Supplies Needed for Operation:
To teach the BLS course, you will also need:
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual (item no. EC15-1010)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor Manual (item no. EC15-1009)
Other supplies needed to teach the BLS course:
- DVD player
- training manikins