AHA BLS Training

Course Description

The American Heart Association (AHA) is offering Basic Life Support (BLS) courses in Bengaluru. The AHA’s BLS 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. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) based on the latest guidelines.

BLS is the foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest. The AHA’s BLS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. This video-based, Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings.

Course objectives

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

Understand the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
Application of the steps of the Chain of Survival
Signs of someone needing CPR
High-quality CPR skills acquisition for adults, children, and infants
Importance of early use of an AED
AED skill demonstration
Effective ventilations with a barrier device
Multi-rescuer resuscitation and skill acquisition
Techniques for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants

Target Audience

All Healthcare Professional
Doctors
Paramedics
Nurses
Lab Technicians

Course Duration

4-5 hours (½ a day)

Course Completion Card Type

American Heart Association BLS course completion card, valid for 2 years

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