BLS for Healthcare Provider (HCP)

The BLS for Healthcare Provider (HCP) course skills taught are 1- and 2-rescuer adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), choking, automated external defibrillator (AED) training and the use of bag valve mask (BVM). The course is designed for healthcare providers who need a credentialed course and is also open to first responders who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements.

Mandated Student Materials:

  • BLS for Healthcare Provider student manual

BLS for Healthcare Provider*

The Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (HCP) is a classroom course that is designed to teach a variety of healthcare professionals how to recognize a number of life-threatening emergencies, how to provide CPR, how to use an AED and how to relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.

Target Group

This course is for healthcare professionals who must know how to perform CPR, as well as other lifesaving skills, in a range of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.

BLS Course Content

  • Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2010 Guidelines for CPR and ECC

  • Critical concepts of high-quality CPR

  • The Chain of SurvivalTM

  • One-rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant

  • Two-rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant

  • Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques

  • Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant

  • Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant

  • Relief of choking for adult, child and infant

  • CPR with an advanced airway

Approximate Course Length: 4.5 hours
Approximate course length for renewal course: 4 hours

Students must pass a written exam and skills test in order to qualify for a BLS for Healthcare Provider (C) course completion card.

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