The Standard First Aid BLS for Healthcare Provider course encompasses the full content of the Standard First Aid course and the additional course content of the HSF Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider program. The addition of the BLS for Healthcare provider class is designed to teach a variety of healthcare professionals how to recognize a number of life-threatening emergencies, how to provide CPR, how to use an AED and how to relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.Target Group: Healthcare professionals who must know how to perform First Aid and CPR, in a range of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.
Duration: 18 hours
Instructor: Bruce Romanow
Completion Requirements: Students must pass a written exam and skills test in order to qualify for a BLS for Healthcare Provider course completion card.
Certification: 3-years
Re-certification: 10 hours; Annual re-certification is required to maintain active BLS for Healthcare Provider (C) status as this certification is registered with HSF for 1 year.
Course Content:
- Emergency scene management
- Shock, fainting and unconsciousness
- Bleeding and wounds
- Asthma and Allergies
- Head, spinal and pelvic injuries
- Diabetic emergencies
- Seizures
- Respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies
- Burns
- Child/Infant CPR and choking
- Secondary survey
- Bone, joint and muscle injury
- Poisoning
- Eye injuries
- Chest injuries
- Environmental illness & injuries
- Lifts and carries
- Multiple casualty management
Additional BLS for Healthcare Provider Content
- Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2010 Guidelines for CPR and ECC
- Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
- The Chain of Survival
- One-rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
- Two-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