Basic Life Support for the Health Care Provider

The purpose of this course is to instruct participants in emergency measures which may save the life of a person who has suffered a cardiac arrest or obstructed airway.  Course follows the American Heart Association Guidelines.

Upon successful completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

• Identify the normal heart and lung anatomy and function
• Identify causes, prevention and recognition of sudden death
• Perform basic one-person, two-person, infant and child CPR
• Manage an obstructed airway in an adult, child and infant
• Know principles of defibrillation using an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
• Perform CPR using mask and bag valve mask

You must come to Looft Hall, room 110, to register, pay, and pick up your book for the class

Credit: .7 CEU’s for Iowa Nurses; 7 Contact Hours for Nebraska Nurses (IBN Provider #6).
Students who successfully complete the course will be certified in Healthcare CPR by the American Heart Association.