Basic Life Support Training

Basic Life Support (BLS) training equips staff to perform CPR, use an AED, and manage choking in emergency situations.

What is Basic Life Support (BLS) training

Basic Life Support (BLS) training provides essential emergency skills, including high-quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and management of choking incidents. The course also covers casualty assessment, conducting a primary survey using the DRABCD protocol, and placing an unresponsive but breathing casualty in the recovery position.

Course Outline:

• Examine help to prioritise a casualty.
•  Review the role of a First Aider.
•  Consider levels of response and taking a casualty's history.
•  Discuss Stroke, Angina and Heart Attack.
•  Examine Treatment of Bleeding, Burns and Shock & Post Traumatic Stress.
•  Role Play/Practical: Primary and Secondary Survey, CPR, Recovery Position, Choking Person