south dakota developmental center

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

4 hours

Course Description: This course teaches how to recognize and respond to life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and foreign-body airway obstruction in adults, children and infants, along with the use of an Automated External Defibrillator.

Course Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

• Describe links in the American Heart Association Chain of Survival

• Describe how to activate the local emergency medical services system (EMS)

• Recognize the four major emergencies

  • Heart Attack

  • Cardiac Arrest

  • Stroke

  • Foreign Body Airway Obstruction

    Participants will demonstrate the following skills:
    

• Calling 911

• Rescue Breathing for adults, children and infants

• One and Two Person Rescuer CPR for adults, children and infants

• Relief of Foreign Airway Obstruction for adults, children and infants

• Safe Defibrillation with an AED

  Participants will be certified through the American Heart Association in Adult, Child and Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillation.
  
  Course Cost: $5.50
  
  Targeted Audience: Open to all.
  
  Please contact SDDC Training & Development Resources at 605-472-4222 for more information on class schedule.