Course in Basic Life Support (BLS)
Online USA
Course
DURATION
5 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* free course
Key Summary
This course covers the basic steps in administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic life support measures (BLS) to adults, children and infants, depending on how many rescuers are available. We explain various first-aid manoeuvres, the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and how to open patients' airways. The course qualifies you to gain international accreditation that signals your ability to save lives in a crisis.
This Free Online Course Includes:
- 4-5 Hours of Learning
- CPD Accreditation
- Final Assessment
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This Basic Life Support (BLS) course outlines the international basic life support guidelines, based on the latest 2020-2025 ILCOR recommendations, and compares them to the 2015-2020 version. We explore the details and categories that changed in delivering BLS and CPR to people of all ages and break down these life-saving techniques into easy steps.
We then discuss what to do once you arrive at the scene, alone or as part of a group. We show you how to check for responsiveness, use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and open the patient’s airways if they’re struggling to breathe. We also take you through mouth-to-mouth and mouth-to-mask ventilation.
The course is free and can be accessed anytime and anywhere as you learn at your own pace. The skills you pick up here could help you save a life one day so sign up to qualify for international accreditation that indicates that you have received this valuable training. The certificate you earn here could help you become your workplace’s safety officer but its true value lies in the knowledge that you could protect those around you in an emergency, including those involving children that occur in the home.
Module 1
General Concepts of Basic Life Support
This module will explain the general concepts of basic life support. We will include the keys for basic life support and the changes made in the basic life support guidelines from 2010 to 2015. We will also examine how to provide high-quality CPR and how to start the chain of survival in adults, children and infants. We will also cover BLS/CPR for adults and evaluate the steps towards providing CPR to an adult.
Module 2
BLS and AED for Infants and Children
This module will define the similarities between the BLS guidelines for adults and children. We will discuss how to perform BLS for children if there is one rescuer available and when there are two rescuers available. We will also examine the child ventilation algorithm and describe what to do if you find yourself alone with an infant in need of CPR. The course will also describe how to administer an AED to children and infants.
Module 3
BLS Skills Videos and Airway Management
This module will indicate how to perform CPR/BLS on both adults and infants whether there is one rescuer or two rescuers at the scene. We will examine how to use an AED for adults and infants and how to perform the head-tilt chin-lift manoeuvre. This module will also identify how to perform the mouth to mask rescue breathing and how to deliver mouth-to-mouth for adults and older children.
Module 4
Course assessment
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
- Examine the adult ‘chain of survival’ and its pediatric counterpart.
- Describe the details of the 2020-2025 guideline changes in basic life support.
- Discuss how to perform adult mouth-to-mask ventilation.
- Outline ‘bag-mask’ ventilation in two-rescuer CPR for adults.
- Break down one-rescuer and the two-rescuer BLS for children.
- Demonstrate how to open a child’s airway.
- Outline the steps of performing CPR on children.
- Explain the one-rescuer and the two-rescuer BLS for infants between 0 to 12 months old.
- Identify the AED steps for children and infants.
- Deliver mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing.
- Perform mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing on adults and older children.
- Provide mouth-to-mouth and nose-rescue breathing for infants.
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