American Heart Association BLS Course

Basic Life Support (BLS)

BLS Online is a self-directed, comprehensive eLearning program that uses adaptive learning technology to allow learners to acquire and demonstrate Basic Life Support skills using a personalized learning path.

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Course curriculum

1. Introduction To Adaptive Learning
2. Course Overview
1. Describe the Steps of the Chain of Survival
1. Describe the Steps To Take For Scene Safety, Responsiveness and Assessment
2. Describe How to Check the Pulse for an Unresponsive Victim
3. Identify the Critical Components of Chest Compression
4. Describe the Importance of a Chest Compression Feedback Device
5. Describe how to Open The Airway for Breaths
6. Describe how to Use a Pocket Mask
7. Recognize When to Use a Bag-Mask Device to Deliver Breaths
8. Order the Steps for How to Use a Bag-Mask Device
9. Recognize How to Deliver Breaths Using a Bag-Mask Device
1. Describe why an AED is Needed
2. Describe the Functionality of an AED
3. Describe What the Rescuer Should Do Afters the AED Delivers a Shock
4. Determine When the Rescuer Operating the AED Should clear the Victim
5. Describe Anterolateral AED Pad Placement For Adults and Children 8 Years and Older
6. Describe Anteroposterior AED Pad Placement For Adults and Children 8 Years and Older
7. Identify How to Minimize Interruptions in Compressions When Using an AED
8. Describe the Steps of the 1- and 2- Rescuer Adult BLS Sequence
1. Describe the Steps of the Pediatric Chain of Survival
1. Recognize the Differences in assessment of Pulse in infants vs children
2. A) High-Quality CPR in Children and Infants
3. 1. Chest Compression In Children
4. a) Identify the Recommended Depth of Compression
5. b) Recognize the Compression Rate of Compressions
6. c) Recognize Correct Hand-Placement For Compressions
7. d) Recall the Maximum Time for Interrupting Chest Compressions
8. 2. Chest Compression In Infants
9. a) Recognize the Recommended Depth of Compression for Infants
10. b) Recognize Correct Hand-Placement For Compressions for Infants When 1 Rescuer is Present
11. c) Recognize Correct Hand-Placement For Compressions for Infants When 2 Rescuers is Present
12. d) Recall the Recommendation Compression-to-Ventilation Ratio for Infants and Children
13. 3. Witnessed and Unwitnessed Collapses in Children and Infants
14. a) Describe the Actions Taken in a Witnessed an Unwitnessed Pediatric Collapse
15. 4. 1- Rescuer BLS Sequence for Children and Infants
16. a) Describe AED Pad Placement for Infants and Children Less Than 8 Years Of Age
17. b) Order The Initial Actions For The 1-Rescuer BLS Sequence for Children and Infants
18. 5. 2- Rescuer BLS Sequence for Children and Infants
19. a) Order the Steps of the 2-rescuer infant BLS Sequence
1. A) Roles of a High Performance Team
2. 1. Identify Resuscitation triangle roles in a High-Performance Team
3. 2. Identify alternating roles in a High-Performance Team
4. 3. Identify Which Role Keeps track of Interruptions in a High-Performance Team
5. 4. Identify Which Role makes decisions in a High-Performance Team
6. B) Communication in High-Performance Team
7. 1. Identify Effective Team Dynamics
8. 2. Recognise how to achieve a high chest compression fraction
9. 3. Recognise when pauses in compressions typically occur while performing high-quality CPR
1. Identify AED Special Considerations
2. List Some indications for mouth-to-mouth breaths
3. Describe how to perform mouth-to-mouth breaths(adults, children and infants)
4. Order the steps for performing mouth-to-mouth-and-nose-breaths for an infant
5. Recall the rate of rescue breaths for adults
6. Recall the rate of rescue breaths for children and infants
7. Recall How Chest Compression Differ From a Standard BLS Sequence When an Advanced Airway is in Place
8. Recall the rate of compressions when an Advanced airway is in place
9. Recall the rate of rescue breaths when an Advanced airway is in place
10. List some routes by which naloxone may be administrated
11. Describe how to administer naloxone in an Opioid-associated life threatening emergency
12. Describe how to treat cardiac arrest for a pregnant patient
1. A) Choking in Adults and Children
2. 1. Identify the sign of severe airway obstruction
3. 2. Describe how to perform abdominal thrusts
4. 3. Describe how to relieve choking if the victim is obese or pregnant
5. 4. Describe how to relieve choking in an unresponsive adult or child
6. B) Choking in Infants
7. 1. Recall the Number of Chest Thrust and Back Slaps for a Responsive Choking Infant
8. 2. Describe how to relieve choking in an unresponsive infant
1. Congrats! You've completed the BLS course.

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$75.00
70 lessons
0 hours of video content

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Course curriculum

BLS (Basic Life Support)

Adult Chain Of Survival

High-Quality CPR in Adults

Adult BLS

Pediatric Chain of Survival

High Quality CPR In Children and Infants

Team Dynamics

Special Considerations In BLS

Choking in Adults, Children and Infants

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