Perform Basic Life Support (BLS) on an Adult

BLS for Health Professionals

Materials Included

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This course explains the techniques and procedure for performing BLS on an adult. Additional modules are also available for infant and child basic life support.

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Basic life support (BLS) is a basic level of medical care used to help sustain a person who is experiencing cardiac arrest or respiratory failure until they can be given full medical care by an advanced responder. BLS can be used in any scenario where breathing or heartbeat has been compromised.

Introduction
Step 1 - Preliminary actions
Step 1.1 - Verify scene safety
Step 1.2 - Assess responsiveness
Step 1.3 - Call for help
Step 1.4 - Activate emergency response system
Step 2 - Assess vital signs
Step 2.1 - Assess circulation
Step 2.2 - Assess breathing
Step 2.3 - Assess next course of action
Step 3 - Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Step 3.1 - Chest compressions
Step 3.2 - Ventilation
Step 3.3 - Fetch defibrillator
Step 4 - Defibrillation
Step 4.1 - Position the defibrillator
Step 4.2 - Start the defibrillator
Step 4.3 - Place the electrode pads
Step 4.4 - Begin defibrillation
Step 5 - Evaluation and monitoring
  • Describe pre-procedure considerations for basic life support for an adult.
  • Describe and demonstrate correct preliminary actions for performing basic life support for an adult.
  • Describe and demonstrate correct procedure for assessing vital signs for basic life support for an adult.
  • Describe and demonstrate correct procedure for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for basic life support for an adult.
  • Describe and demonstrate correct considerations and procedure for performing defibrillation for basic life support for an adult.
  • Describe and demonstrate correct procedure for post-BLS evaluation of an adult.

The SIMTICS modules are all easy to use and web-based. This means they are available at any time as long as the learner has an internet connection. No special hardware or other equipment is required, other than a computer mouse for use in the simulations. Each of the SIMTICS modules covers one specific procedure or topic in detail. Each module contains:

  • an online simulation (available in Learn and Test modes)
  • descriptive text, which explains exactly how to perform that particular procedure including key terms and hyperlinks to references
  • 2D images and a 3D model of applied anatomy for that particular topic
  • a step by step video demonstration by an expert
  • a quiz
  • a personal logbook that keeps track of all the modules the learner has studied and how long
Adult mannequin for CPR

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