AHA BLS Initial
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Initial Certification Course by the American Heart Association. This course teaches doctors, nurses, medical personnel, paramedics and prehospital providers how to perform high quality CPR on an adult, child and infant and how to use a pocket mask, bag valve mask and an AED. This course also teaching how to help choking victims. Upon completion of the course, students will receive an American Heart Association BLS Provider Card valid for two years.
Basic life support (BLS) training reinforces healthcare professionals’ understanding of the importance of early CPR and defibrillation, performing CPR, choking relief, using an AED, and the role of each link in the Chain of Survival.