Basic Life Support-CPR
  • Type Validation
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Paid

Basic Life Support-CPR

Issued by SUNY Morrisville

This American Heart Association BLS course is designed for healthcare professionals and others who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills. Participants will learn to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. This course is an in-person instructor-led course taught by an American Heart Association Instructor.

  • Type Validation
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Paid

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Perform High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants.
  • State components of The AHA Chain of Survival.
  • Identify the reason that early use of an AED is important.
  • Give effective ventilations using a barrier device.
  • Perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR.
  • Demonstrate techniques to relieve foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) in adults and infants.
  • Participants will need to complete the 4-hour course, receive an 80% on a written Quiz, and be able to demonstrate skills to complete the course successfully.
  • Participants who complete the course will receive a BLS Provider Course Completion Card, which is valid for 2 years.
  • $40 for course and materials