Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Course (Nov 20, 2020)

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Course is organized by Academy of Advanced Life Support and will be held on Nov 20, 2020 at Academy of Advanced Life Support, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Target Audience:The Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Course is open to any healthcare worker who has a voluntary or professional duty to respond to a cardiac or respiratory emergency. CPD Accreditation:15 Continuing Education Units. Course Structure:The Course is taught in a relaxed, video-based practice-while-watching interactive adult-learning environment. The focus is on active participation with ample opportunity to practice and apply these skills in simulated scenarios. Aims and Objectives:Participants will be able to perform the initial steps of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in victims of all ages, basic airway manoeuvres and rescue breathing with and without adjuncts. Candidates will be proficient in the use of bag-valve resuscitators and in the technique of automated external defibrillation. Participants will be able to demonstrate how to manage choking in conscious and unconscious adults, children and infants, and be aware of special considerations such as scene and rescuer safety, standard precautions, head, neck and spinal injuries and the recovery position. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.