This course is designed for healthcare professionals who must have a credential (a card) documenting successful completion of a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and Basic Life Support (BLS). Such credentials are typically required for people who provide healthcare to patients in a wide variety of settings.
Course participants will learn how to recognize and respond to life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and foreign-body airway obstruction (choking).
Through discussion and practice, students learn the key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care:
• Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
• The American Heart Association 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
Certification / Provider Courses: Classes are held from 12:30pm-4:45pm in the WCH Auditorium. An additional evening class will be held on August 20 from 5:30pm-9pm. Fee for this course is $65.
Renewal Courses:
Test out sessions are held from 8:30am to 11:30am.
Fee for this course is $65 (includes access key and test out). A copy of a current Healthcare Provider card must be provided at registration.
The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the Association
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