Basic Life Support (BLS) is the foundational course for healthcare professionals and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings. BLS is the corner stone program for healthcare professionals.

The BLS course focuses on building knowledge so you are confident and ready to perform high-quality CPR in a wide variety of settings. The course covers:

• Chain of Survival
• 1-rescuer/2-rescuer CPR
• High-quality chest compressions with feedback device
• Multi-rescuer team CPR
• Adult, child, and infant CPR and relief of choking
• Use of an AED
• Effective ventilations using barrier device and bag-mask device
• EXPANDED: Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies
• NEW: Role of the CPR coach; Maternal cardiac arrest; Anaphylaxis; Drowning; Heart attack and stroke; and other life-threatening emergencies
  

This course is required for Practical Nurse Program clinical placements and recommended for Health Care Aide Program clinical placements.

The Heart & Stroke Foundation will issue a certificate, valid for 1 year, upon successful completion of this course.

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