Spanish BLS Provider Manual

The BLS Provider Manual contains all the information students need to successfully complete the BLS Course. Designed for a single user, this text is ideal for use as a reference tool before and after the BLS Course.

Included with the BLS Provider Manual is the AHA’s BLS Reference Card. This is a convenient, quick reference tool that healthcare professionals can access during the BLS Course and in a variety of healthcare settings. This paneled Reference Card includes:

• CAB/Critical Concepts

• Adult Basic Life Support Algorithm for Healthcare Providers

• Opioid-Associated Emergency for Healthcare Providers Algorithm

• Adult Basic Life Support in Pregnancy for Healthcare Providers

• Pediatric Basic Life Support Algorithm for Healthcare Providers-Single Rescuer

• Pediatric Basic Life Support Algorithm for Healthcare Providers-2 or More Rescuers

• Summary of High-Quality CPR Components for BLS Providers

• Relief of Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction

Course Description:

The goal of the BLS Course is to train participants to save the lives of victims in cardiac arrest through high-quality CPR. The AHA designed the BLS Course to teach healthcare professionals how to perform high-quality CPR individually or as part of a team. BLS skills are applicable to any healthcare setting. BLS students will learn rescue techniques for adults, children, and infants.

Course Learning Objectives:

After successfully completing the BLS Course, students should be able to

• Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival

• Describe all of the steps of the Chains of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chains 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 ventilation by using a barrier device

• Describe the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective

• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for an adult, a child, and an infant