American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) Course

The AHA’s BLS 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. Overview of Topics/Goals: 1. High-Quality CPR for adults, children, and infants. 2. The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components. 3. Important early use of an AED. 4. Effective ventilations using a barrier device. 5. Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR. 6. Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants. *For AHA certification, testing must be done on a manikin with a CPR monitor. Therefore, classes must be held live or participants must have an approved manikin in their location.