BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) INSTRUCTOR MANUAL

• Updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC
• Replaces the BLS for Healthcare Providers Instructor Manual (product #90-1036) and the BLS for Prehospital Providers Instructor Supplement (product #90-1087)
• Teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings
• Classroom-based (instructor and video)

Course content:

• Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
• Describe all of the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
• Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
• Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
• Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device
• Describe the importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

Includes:

• 40 lesson plans for the instructor-led course and 40 lesson plans for the Blended Learning course
• 6 divider page tabs 
• BLS Instructor CD with the following supplemental information and tools:

Precourse Materials:

• Equipment List
• Sample Precourse Letter to Students (Classroom Course)
• Sample Precourse Letter to Students (HeartCode BLS)
• Sample BLS Course Agenda
• Sample HeartCode BLS Agenda

Course Materials:

• Adult CPR and AED Skills Testing Checklist
• Skills Testing Critical Skills Descriptors
• Infant CPR Skills Testing Checklist
• Skills Testing Critical Skills Descriptors
• Team Dynamics Diagram
• Summary of High-Quality CPR Components for BLS Providers
• BLS Lesson Plans
• Blended BLS Lesson Plans
• Life Is Why™ Activity Page