Course

Basic Life Support (BLS)

American Heart Association (AHA)

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The American Heart Association’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-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.

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Skills taught

High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infantsBLS concepts from the Chain of SurvivalDelivering effective breaths or ventilationsImportance of early use of and how to use an AEDPerformance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPRRelief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants
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