Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Handbook

By Dr. Karl Disque

This Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor manual teaches both single-rescuer and rescue teams basic life support skills for application in both pre-hospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on high-quality CPR. Our educational training material is created and maintained by practicing physicians, adhering to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) guidelines. These BLS first-aid course techniques are based on the latest 2020-2025 ILCOR Standards and Guidelines, and are organized in systematic steps called the Chain of Survival. This BLS for health care providers lets you know about health care law and ethics.

 

This handbook will teach you the following keys to Basic Life Support: 

• When and how to use an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED).
• How to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, and quickly start the Chain of Survival.
• How to deliver high-quality chest compressions to circulate oxygen to the brain and vital organs.
• How to provide health care management, early use of AED, and rescue breathing.
• Understand how to work with other rescuers as part of a team and how to treat choking.

 

Approximately every five years, the ILCOR updates the guidelines for CPR and ECC. The content contained herein is based on the most recent ILCOR publications on BLS and will periodically compare previous and revised recommendations for a comprehensive review.

 

ncluded with this purchase is a unique code that allows you to complete the BLS course on the NHCPS website. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Satori Continuum Publishing
• Release date: Nov 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9780997795738

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TABLE of CONTENTS

Chapter 1 General Concepts of Basic Life Support

Initiating Chain of Survival

2020 BLS Guideline Changes

Chapter 2 BLS for Adults

One-Rescuer BLS/CPR for Adults

Two-Rescuer BLS/CPR for Adults

Adult Mouth-to-Mask Ventilation

Adult Bag-Mask Ventilation

Self-Assessment for Adult BLS

Chapter 3 Use of Automated External Defibrillator

AED Steps

Self-Assessment for AED

Chapter 4 BLS for Children (1 to Puberty)

One-Rescuer BLS for Children

Two-Rescuer BLS for Children

Child Ventilation

Chapter 5 BLS for Infants (0 to 12 months)

One-Rescuer BLS for Infants

Two-Rescuer BLS for Infants

Chapter 6 AED for Children and Infants

AED Steps for Children and Infants

Self-Assessment for AED in Children and Infants

Chapter 7 Airway Management

Mouth-to-Mouth Rescue Breathing

Adults and Older Children Mouth-to-Mouth

Infants Mouth-to-Mouth/Nose

Rescue Breathing

Chapter 8 Relief of Choking

Choking in Adults or Children

Abdominal Thrusts

Choking in Infants

Back Blows and Chest Thrusts

Self-Assessment for Relief of Choking

Chapter 9 Additional Tools

Medicode

CertAlert+

Chapter 10 BLS Review Questions

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL CONCEPTS OF BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), heart