About Course

About Course:

This expert-level program helps keep healthcare professionals prepared and ready to respond as they 
encounter life-threatening emergencies, provide basic life support, and respond to choking incidents. 
ASHI’s Basic Life Support, BLS for Healthcare Providers and Professional Rescuers conforms to the 2015 
AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. It has been approved for training for Emergency Medical 
Services personnel and is accepted by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT). 
The program is also CAPCE approved and widely accepted in more than 150 healthcare-related 
occupations.

Course Content:

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest
• Standard Precautions
• Automated External Defibrillation
• Early Defibrillation
• Personal Protective Equipment
• BLS Assessment
• Chain of Survival
• Calling for Help
• Recovery Position
• Secondary Cardiac Arrest
• High-Performance CPR
• Caring for Respiratory Arrest
• Secondary Cardiac Arrest – Children and Infants
• Chest Compressions
• Caring for Cardiac Arrest
• Secondary Cardiac Arrest – Opioid Overdose
• Rescue Breaths – CPR Mask
• Rescue Breaths – Bag-Mask
• Multiple Provider Approach to CPR
• Choking
• Personal Safety