BLS-Basic Life Support

This Heart & Stroke Foundation’s course is designed for healthcare providers, and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings or by those that require Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and CPR training to enter into a healthcare-related training. Professional associations such as dental professionals and chiropractors may also require BLS.

Course Content:

• • Chain of Survival
  • High-quality chest compressions with a feedback device
  • 1-rescuer / 2-rescuer/ multi-rescuer team CPR
  • Adult, Child and Infant CPR
  • Adult, Child and Infant relief of choking
  • Use of an AED
  • Effective ventilations using a barrier device and bag-mask device
  • Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies
  • Heart attack and stroke