BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) INSTRUCTOR MANUAL
15-1009
- 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