CPR/Basic Life Support (BLS) – Community and Professional Education

The America Heart Association’s Basic Life Support (BLS) course prepares students to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Tuition
$95
Contact hours
4
CEUs
0.4
Format
In Person

Upcoming offerings

In Person

Meets on campus at the KSU Center.

See all in person dates and details in the course catalog

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About this course

BLS Provider Manual is required and can be purchased at the AHA BLS Provider Manual store.

Who should take this course? This course is designed for healthcare professionals, other personnel, or anyone who needs or wants to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

What does this course teach?

  • High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
  • The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
  • Important early use of an AED
  • Effective ventilations using a barrier device
  • Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
  • Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants