BLS Provider (Basic Life Support)

BLS Provider is an instructor-led fundamental course for all healthcare and emergency medical providers, intended to help you improve patient outcomes.

You will learn single- and multi-rescuer basic life support skills with a focus on high-quality CPR and team dynamics in a wide variety of prehospital or in-facility settings.

BLS is a pre-requisite for advanced resuscitation courses and many healthcare-related training programs. Current certification is often required for employment in the healthcare field and Heart & Stroke certification is the only one accepted by Alberta Health Services (AHS).

A 3 hour course. This course meets OH&S, Federal and Provincial regulations for Basic Life Support. BLS has replaced the HCP (Healthcare Provider) course.

Features

• Reflects science of the most recent Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC

• Hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency

• Emphasis on high-quality CPR including team dynamics 

• Video-based course with real world scenarios

In-Class Skills: 4 Hours

Basic Life Support (BLS) is the foundation for saving lives. It is designed for healthcare providers and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of settings or by those in a healthcare training program.

Basic Life Support teaches single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both pre-hospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on high-quality CPR and team dynamics.

It will train you to quickly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED through simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations.