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AHA BLS Provider – Friday, August 23, 2024
August 23 @ 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
AHA BLS Provider –
This course by the American Heart Association is a CPR certification course designed for those with a “duty to act,” including Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, EMT’s Police, Fire and Lifeguards. This course includes a textbook and 2-year AHA BLS Provider certification.
About the Course:
BLS from AHA offers the advantages of: ~ Content representing the latest resuscitation science for improved patient
outcomes ~ Realistic scenarios, simulations, and animations depicting rescuers, teams, and patients ~ Course and
content flexibility for AHA Instructors and students, including adaptability to local protocols.
Features
- Course uses learning stations for practice of essential skills simulated clinical scenarios that encourage Active participation
- Hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
- Classroom-based works well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning skills
Course Content
- New science and education from the 2020 AHA Guidelines Update for
CPR and ECC - The components of high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
- The AHA Chain of Survival for pre-hospital and in-facility providers
- Important early use of an AED
- Effective ventilations using a barrier device
- Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and performance as
an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR - Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
Safety Protocols
Due to the recommendations from the CDC and State of NJ, wearing a mask is now optional. To provide a safe environment, if you are not feeling well, have any signs or symptoms of a COVID-19, have a fever, or other respiratory issues, you will not be allowed to attend the skill session, and will be rescheduled to the next available date that fits your schedule. If you have a temperature of 100.4 or higher, you will not be allowed into the training room and not allowed to take the course for that day, and will be rescheduled. Touchless Hand Sanitizer dispensers are available for your use.
