Basic Life Support

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Dates: 1^st & 3^rd Wednesday of each month

Time: 8.30am to 3.30pm

Cost: $160.00 BDS (inclusive of manual & E-certificate on completion)

The Basic Life Support (BLS) course trains participants to save the lives of victims in cardiac arrest, through high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This course trains participants to promptly recognize cardiac arrest, give high quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) as part of a team and individually. This course also teaches how to relieve choking.

NEW: Blended Online Learning Option

2020 AHA Heartcode BLS Online Blended Learning

The online portion of BLS blended learning will prepare students for hands-on practice and testing of BLS skills.

The learner has a choice of completing a pre-hospital or in hospital contextualized track.

After completing the online portion, students will attend a structured, instructor-led hands-on session that focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, team scenarios, discussions of local protocols and skills testing with a Heart & Stroke BLS instructor.

Who should complete the BLS course:

Target audience are: Healthcare professionals, Registered Nurses, Doctors and EMT

Learn to:

• Initiate the Chain of Survival
• Perform prompt, high quality CPR with C-A-B sequence (adult / child / infant)
• Initiate early use of an AED (adult / child / infant)
• Provide appropriate breathes
• Practice the minor BLS differences for children and infants
• Practice team CPR

No matter where an emergency may strike, having the right skills can save time, and save lives. Learn basic skills in a relaxed setting, through a lecture / video-based course, directed at exactly what you need