Basic Life Support

In accordance with the American Heart Association, this course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate breaths and ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. 

We encourage persons of all levels of skills and knowledge, from eager newcomers to experienced professionals, to take this course.

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What does this course teach?

•  High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants

• BLS concepts from the Chain of Survival

• Delivering effective breaths or ventilations

• Importance of early use of and how to use an AED

• Performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR

• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants