Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers

Speciality Emergency Medicine - Skills & training

Organizer Raghad Abdul Muttaleb AlKazemi

CME/CPD Provider Al Salam International Hospital

Scheduled date(s):

From 29 December 2022 To 29 December 2022

From 20 December 2022 To 20 December 2022

From 12 December 2022 To 12 December 2022

From 30 November 2022 To 30 November 2022

From 20 November 2022 To 20 November 2022

From 12 November 2022 To 12 November 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