Basic Life Support (BLS)

Basic Life Support (BLS) – Initial Provider

This six-hour, instructor-led classroom course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. In addition, the BLS Course covers the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR, along with relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants.

Prerequisite: None
Course Code: SAF 3010
Textbook: MANDATORY 2020 Basic Life Support Student Manual (ISBN: 978-1-61669-799-0 or 978-1-61669-768-6)
Dates: 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: JCC, Public Safety Building; Room J1320
Registration Fee: $80.50 includes course equipment fee and certification card

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider – Recertification Course

This three hours, instructor-led classroom course offers education for those healthcare providers needing certification documenting completion of training in Basic Life Support CPR. The class covers adult, child, and infant CPR, along with choking and the AED use. This class meets requirements for EMTs, Advanced EMTs, Paramedics, nurses, MDs, Physician Assistants, Daycare workers, nursing, CNA, sonography and therapeutic massage students.

Prerequisite: None
Textbook: MANDATORY 2020 Basic Life Support Student Manual (ISBN: 978-1-61669-799-0 or 978-1-61669-768-6)
Dates: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: JCC, Public Safety Building; Room J1320
Registration Fee: TBA

Basic Life Support (BLS) eLearning Skills Session

A skills session is the hands-on portion of an AHA eLearning course and includes Parts 2 and 3 — skills practice and testing. It is conducted in-person after a student completes Part 1 online. For admission into a skills session, students must present their Part 1 Certificate of Completion to the AHA Instructor. The American Heart Association's BLS for Healthcare Providers Online Part 1 Course, Web-based and accessible 24 hours a day, provides a flexible alternative to classroom training. Through case-based scenarios, interactive activities and videos, this course teaches the concepts of both single-rescuer and team basic life support. For additional information regarding Part 1 visit Online AHA | American Heart Association.

Prerequisite: Part 1 Certificate of Completion
Dates: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: JCC, Public Safety Building; Room J1320
Registration Fee: TBA

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