Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (Professional-level CPR)

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Credit

The NJDOH-OEMS allows EMTs to use this professional-level CPR certification for 2 elective CEUs toward recertification. The EMT must keep track of this credit as it is not automatically registered in their learming management system (LMS) record.

Description

This course adheres to the 2010 AHA Guidelines for Emergency Cardiovascular Care and is designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals who respond to cardiac and respiratory emergencies. It teaches:

The steps of 1- and 2-rescuer CPR for adult, child, and infant victims
Usage of barrier devices and bag-mask ventilation
Safe utilization of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for victims over 1 year of age
Signs and actions for severe airway obstruction in responsive and unresponsive victims
The links in the Chain of Survival and their importance
Signs of cardiac arrest, choking, stroke, heart attack

Students must pass both a skills and written test to complete the course and receive a completion card good for two years. This is the course required for students entering ACLS, PALS, and EMT training.

Prerequisites

Students must be physically able to perform all skills on a training manikin, which can be strenuous when done correctly. The American Heart Association requires that students adequately demonstrate all skills to their guidelines in order to complete the course.

Participants must have access to the current (Guidelines 2010) BLS for Healthcare Providers Student Manual (AHA publication 90-1038) before and during the course.

Date(s) & Time(s) for 2014

All classes are a single session that runs 6:00-10:30 p.m.

TO REGISTER click on the date in the table below to get the course-specific registration form.

Month

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July

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Dates

14 or 23

5 or 24

10 or 27

8 or 21

7 or 29

12 or 16

14 or 22

12 or 28

8 or 23

7 or 30

11 or 20

Fee(s)

Student materials Tuition: $65.00

Text: $12.00 for the BLS for Healthcare Providers Student Manual, which is required for the course, can be purchased from us, the AHA product distributors, or obtained by other means (e.g., loan).

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