EMS 1010 - AHA BLS Provider (CPR)

Credits: 1
Hours/Week: Lecture .5 Lab .5
Course Description: The focus of this course is on basic life support of the cardiac and/or respiratory arrest victim for the healthcare provider. The course includes adult, child, and infant CPR skills, including AED, in both the out-of-hospital and in-hospital settings. An American Heart Association BLS Provider card will be provided at successful completion of course. Student must be physically able to do CPR skills on a manikin.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
1. General concepts of Basic Life Support

2. BLS for adults

3. BLS for infants and children

4. Critical Concepts in BLS

5. Relief of choking

6. Respiratory Arrest due to Opioids - Bystander use of Naloxone
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

1. identify the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
2. identify the steps of the Chain of Survival
3. recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
4. demonstrate high-quality CPR skills for adults, children and infants
5. identify importance of early use of an AED
6. demonstrate proper AED usage
7. provide effective ventilations with a barrier device
8. demonstrate effective multirescuer resuscitation techniques
9. demonstrate techniques for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children and infants

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