Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers

Speciality Cardiology - Skills & training

Organizer Raghad Abdul Muttaleb AlKazemi

CME/CPD Provider Al Salam International Hospital

Scheduled date(s):

From 25 July 2022 To 25 July 2022

From 13 July 2022 To 13 July 2022

From 03 July 2022 To 03 July 2022

From 25 June 2022 To 25 June 2022

From 19 June 2022 To 19 June 2022

From 07 June 2022 To 07 June 2022

From 23 May 2022 To 23 May 2022

From 17 May 2022 To 17 May 2022

From 08 May 2022 To 08 May 2022

Aims And Objectives

aims and Objectives • The Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (HCP) Course is a video-based, Instructor-led course that teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support. • This course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and prove early use of an AED. • BLS for Healthcare Providers teaches skills using the American Heart Association’s (AHA) proven Practice-While-Watching technique, which allows Instructors to observe students, provide feedback, and guide students’ acquisition of skills.

Content Outline

• Key changes in BLS, reflecting the new science from the latest American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. • Critical concepts of high-quality CPR • The AHA Chain of survival • 1-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child, and infant • 2-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child, and infant • Differences between adult, child, and infant rescue techniques • Bag-mask techniques for adult, child, and infant • Rescue breathing for adult, child, and infant • Relief of choking for adult, child, and infant • CPR with an advanced airway

Target Audience

Health care providers such as EMS personnel, physician assistants, doctors, dentists, nurses, and respiratory therapists must have a credential (card) documenting successful completion of a CPR course