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Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification Course

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General Concepts of Basic Life Support

• General Concepts of Basic Life Support
• Initiating Chain of Survival
• 2020 BLS Guideline Changes

BLS for Adults

• BLS for Adults
• One Rescuer BLS/CPR for Adults
• Two-Rescuer BLS/CPR for Adults
• Adult Mouth-to-Mask and Bag-Mask Ventilation
• Adult Basic Life Support (BLS) Algorithm

Use of Automated External Defibrillator

• Use of Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

BLS for Children (1 to 8 years)

• BLS for Children 1 – Puberty
• One & Two Rescuer BLS for Children
• Pediatric BLS Algorithm
• Child Ventilation

BLS for Infants (0 to 12 months)

• One & Two Rescuer BLS for Infants (0 to 12 months old)

AED for Children and Infants

• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Infants & Children

Airway Management

• Airway Management
• Mouth-to-Mouth Rescue Breathing
• Rescue Breathing

Relief of Choking

• Relief of Choking For Adults, Children, & Infants

BLS Skills Training

• BLS Skills Training Test

BLS Certification Exam

• BLS Certification Exam

One & Two Rescuer BLS for Children

ONE-RESCUER BLS FOR CHILDREN

If you are alone with a child at the scene, do the following:

1. Tap and talk loudly to the child to determine if they are responsive.
2. If the child does not respond and is not breathing (or only gasping), yell for help. If someone answers, send them to call 911/EMS and to get an AED.
3. Assess for breathing while simultaneously checking for the child’s carotid pulse (on the side of the neck) or femoral pulse (on the inner thigh in the crease between their leg and groin) for 5 but no more than 10 seconds.
4. If you cannot feel a pulse (or if you are unsure), begin CPR by doing 30 compressions followed by two breaths. If you can feel a pulse but the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute, you should begin CPR. This rate is too slow for a child.
5. After doing CPR for about two minutes (usually about five cycles of 30 compressions and two breaths), and if other help has not arrived, call EMS while staying with the child. The ILCOR emphasizes that cell phones are available everywhere now and most have a built-in speakerphone. Get an AED if you know where one is.
6. Use and follow AED prompts when available while continuing CPR until EMS arrives or until the child’s condition normalizes.

TWO-RESCUER BLS FOR CHILDREN

If you are not alone with a child at the scene, do the following:

1. Tap and talk loudly at the child to determine if they are responsive.
2. If the child does not respond and is not breathing (or if only gasping), have the second rescuer call 911/EMS and get an AED. (The ILCOR emphasizes that cell phones are available everywhere now and most have a built-in speakerphone, so you or the second rescuer can call 911/EMS without leaving the scene).
3. Assess for breathing while simultaneously checking for the child’s carotid pulse (on the side of the neck) or femoral pulse (on the inner thigh in the crease between their leg and groin) for 5 but no more than 10 seconds.
4. If you cannot feel a pulse (or if you are unsure), begin CPR by doing 15 compressions followed by two breaths. If you can feel a pulse but the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute, you should begin CPR. This rate is too slow for a child.
5. When the second rescuer returns, begin doing CPR by performing 15 compressions by one rescuer and two breaths by the second rescuer.
6. Use and follow AED prompts when available while continuing CPR until EMS arrives or until the child’s condition normalizes.

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