Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

The Basic Life Support provider course is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of acute medical settings, including in-hospital and out of hospital settings.
These health care providers may include (but are not limited to) Physicians, Medical Students, General Practitioners, General and Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Managers and Staff Nurses, Paramedics, Emergency Medical Technicians, Dentists, Respiratory Therapists, Cardiac Technicians, Cardiac Rehabilitation Staff, Physiotherapists, Physical and Occupational Therapists, Nursing Students, Care Assistants and other Allied Healthcare Personnel.

What's Involved
Actively participate in, practice, and complete all skills and skills assessments. Demonstrate competence in the performance on manikins using the American Heart Association's critical skills checklists while performing the following skills. Adult & Child one rescuer CPR. Adult two rescuer CPR with an AED. Infant one and two rescuer CPR Score 84% in the post-course MCQ
Course Syllabus
One & Two rescuer adult CPR
One & Two rescuer child CPR
One & Two rescuer infant CPR
Adult Choking (conscious and unconscious)
Child Choking (conscious and unconscious)
Infant Choking (conscious and unconscious)
Adult, Child and Infant recovery positions
One & Two rescuer CPR with an AED
Mouth-to-Mouth ventilation's
Resuscitation face mask and Bag-Valve-Mask device
Skills group practice
Peer group practice
MCQ Paper
Skills Assessments

Students who successfully complete this course will receive an American Heart Association / Irish Heart Foundation Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certificate which is valid for two years.