EMS-EMT7299 - Red Cross Basic Life Support (CPR)
Course Description
The American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) course provides participants with the knowledge and skills they need to assess, recognize and care for patients who are experiencing respiratory arrest or respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, airway obstruction, opioid overdose or other life-threatening injury or illness. When a patient experiences a life-threatening emergency, healthcare providers need to act swiftly and promptly. The course emphasizes providing high-quality care and integrating psychomotor skills with critical thinking and problem solving to achieve the best possible patient outcomes.
There are two delivery methods for the American Red Cross Basic Life Support program:
¦ An instructor-led course.
¦ A blended learning course with an online session and in-person skills session conducted by a Red Cross certified instructor.
Course Outline
- Foundational Concepts
- Systematic Approach to Assessing, Recognizing and Caring for Adults
- Basic Life Support for Adults
- Basic Life Support for Children and Infants
- Obstructed Airway
- Opioid Overdose
Learner Outcomes
After completing the course, participants will be able to:¦ Apply concepts of effective teamwork when caring for a patient experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
¦ Integrate communication, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills during a high-performance BLS team response.
¦ Apply a systematic, continuous approach to assess, recognize and care for adults, children and infants experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
¦ Perform a rapid assessment for responsive and unresponsive adults, children and infants.
¦ Effectively care for adults, children and infants experiencing a life-threatening injury or illness.
¦ Effectively care for adults, children and infants in respiratory arrest or respiratory failure.
¦ State the principles of high-quality CPR for adults, children and infants.
¦ Identify BLS differences among adults, children and infants.
¦ Provide high-quality chest compressions for adults, children and infants.
¦ Deliver effective ventilations to adults, children and infants using a pocket mask and bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator.
¦ Demonstrate effective use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for adults, children and infants.
¦ Provide high-quality BLS care for adults, children and infants in single- and multiple-provider situations.
¦ Deliver effective back blows, abdominal thrusts and chest thrusts for adults, children and infants with airway obstruction.
¦ State the principles of caring for a pregnant patient in cardiac arrest.
¦ State the principles of care for a patient experiencing an opioid overdose.