Basic Life Support Training-Scranton

Tuesday, August 11
6 p.m.

Location:
The Wright Center for Community Health Scranton
501 S. Washington Avenue, Scranton

The Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course is designed for healthcare providers and professionals who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

In this course, participants will learn:
*The chain of survival and applying BLS concepts
*Performing high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
*Utilizing and AED (automated external defibrillator
*Relieving choking in responsive and unresponsive adults, infants, and children
*Effective ventilations using a barrier device
*The roles of each BLS provider in multi-rescuer scenarios
*Cardiac arrest systems of care

The course features both cognitive material and psychomotor skills evaluation. Participants will partake in simulated clinical scenarios and hands-on skill stations. Upon successful completion of skills testing and a written exam, participants will receive a BLS Provider card from the American Heart Association. Cards are valid for two years.

Please visit https://thewrightcenter.org/aha-events/ to register and for more information.