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Unit 125, 3510 - 29th Street NE Campus
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Unit 236, 755 Lake Bonavista Dr. SE Campus
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Formerly known as BLS for Healthcare Providers - Employers may chose to be specific as to which provider their employees are certified by at this level of training. Please ensure you check with your employer prior to registering.
The following items are covered in this Heart and Stroke - Basic Life Support (BLS/HCP) Program class:
4 hours
The following are the prerequisite that a student is required to have before being allowed into this course:
The Heart & Stroke Foundation Basic Life Support (BLS) is the foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest. It is designed for healthcare providers and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of settings and teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in pre-hospital and in-facility settings.
The new BLS Provider Course is equivalent to the BLS for Healthcare Providers (BLS for HCP) course it replaces. This course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. It includes adult, child, and infant rescue techniques. The BLS course includes realistic scenarios, simulations and state-of-the-art animations, and incorporates Heart and Stroke Foundation’s proven Practice-While-Watching video format to bring the science of the 2015 Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC to the front line practitioner.
Upon successful completion of this program you will have earned the following tickets:
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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