BLS is the foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest. This video-based, Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings. This course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills.

After successfully completing the BLS course, students should be able to:

• describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
• describe all the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
• recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
• perform high-quality CPR on adults, children, and infants
• describe the importance of early AED use and demonstrate using one
• provide effective ventilations with a barrier device
• describe the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
• describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants.

The package includes:

Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor Manual
(EC15-1009)

Designed for Instructors of the BLS course, this full-color manual has text based on current education principles and includes:

• detailed lesson plans (16 for the classroom-based course and 15 for the blended-learning course) and information for teaching the BLS for Healthcare Providers course on an initial or a renewal basis
• an Instructor CD featuring supplemental information and tools
• 6 page-divider tabs to make finding key sections quick and simple.

50 pages (plus 31 lesson plans), with 6 page-divider tabs, 8 1/2" x 11". Formatted as a loose-leaf, 3-hole-punched manual that fits into a binder.

Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual
(EC15-1010)

The required student text for the BLS course, this manual includes:

• information on single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings, including emergency recognition; adult, child, and infant rescue techniques; high-quality CPR; AED use; and relief of choking
• a 2-sided, 3-panel pocket reference card (4" x 6 1/2" folded).

96 pages, 8 1/2" x 11"

Basic Life Support (BLS) DVD Set
(EC15-1011)

This DVD set presents video segments for the BLS course, and allows BLS Instructors to choose one of two tracks, in-facility or prehospital, based on the needs of the students in the class. Features demonstrations of emergency cardiovascular care procedures for adults, children, and infants, including:

• one-rescuer and two-rescuer CPR
• delivery of high-quality chest compressions and appropriate ventilations
• early AED use
• relief of choking.

2-disc set:

• Disc one (classroom-based course)
• Disc two (blended-learning course)

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Additional Supplies Needed for Operation

To teach the BLS course, you will also need:

• DVD player
• training manikins

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can any of the items in this package be purchased separately?
A: Yes, all items in this package are available for sale individually. See item numbers listed with each component.