This AHA Basic Life Support CPR course is for any health care provider. Participants will review content including adult, child, and infanct CPR (both one and two-rescuer), proper treatment for the choking adult, child, and infant, and instructions on the use of barrier devices, a bag-mask device, oxygen, and an automated external defibrillation (AED).

Participants, upon successful completion, will receive an American Heart Association card, valid for two years.

Written and exam skills required.

Please scroll to individual course dates and locations below to sign up.

Course Content

1)   1-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child, and infant
2)   2-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child, and infant
3)   Bag-mask techniques for adult, child, and infant
4)   CPR with an advanced airway
5)   Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
6)   Differences between adult, child, and infant rescue techniques
7)   Key changes in basic life support from 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines 
8)   Relief of choking for adult, child, and infant
9)   Rescure breathing for adult, child, and infant
10) The American Heart Association Chain of Survival

This is an introduction to the compression/ventilation rate and ratio for a patient who has an advanced airway in place. For more information on advance airways, please refer to the Airway Management Course.

You will need to purchase the following manual prior to the class:

BLS for Healthcare Providers Student Manual
ISBN: 978-1-61669-039-7
Order from: laerdal.com , Eworldpoint.com, or aha.channing-bete.co

For more information, please contact Johnathan Greene, RN, BSN, BSOM, NREMTP
Email: johnathan.greene@LMUnet.edu.
Phone: 865-585-0909