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Course Description:

BLS is the foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest. The AHA’s BLS Provider Course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings.

 

After successfully completing the BLS Provider Course, students should be able to:

  • Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
  • Describe all of the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
  • Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
  • Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children and infants
  • Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
  • Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device
  • Describe the importance of team dynamics in multirescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
  • Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

 

Students who successfully complete the BLS Provider Course (including achieving a score of 84% or higher on the course exam) will receive a BLS Provider course completion card valid for two years.

 

Product Specifications:

HeartCode BLS is the AHA’s blended learning delivery method for the BLS Provider Course. Blended learning is a combination of eLearning in which a student completes part of the course online in a self-directed manner, followed by a hands-on skills session. HeartCode BLS is the online cognitive portion of BLS blended learning. It uses a variety of eLearning assets such as dramatizations, eSimulations, animations, self-directed learning, and interactive activities to teach students BLS knowledge and skills. The course teaches single-rescuer and team BLS for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings (students choose between two tracks, but can complete/access both, if necessary).

 

After completing the eLearning portion, students will attend a structured Instructor-led course with an AHA BLS Instructor that focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, team scenarios, discussions of local protocols and skills testing. Where available, students may also complete the hands-on portion with a Simulation Station or Voice Assisted Manikin (VAM).

 

Following are the specifications for HeartCode BLS:

  • Includes in-facility and prehospital tracks; students choose the appropriate track before starting HeartCode BLS modules
  • Includes 8 modules and 4 eSimulations
  • eSimulation cases include: o Two adult two-rescuer BLS cases

o One child one-rescuer BLS case

o One infant two-rescuer BLS case

  • Summary of critical concepts provided for each eSimulation case
  • Virtual debriefings provided immediately after each eSimulation
  • Includes the following downloadable resources: o BLS Reference Card

o Algorithms

o Team Diagram

o Summary of High-Quality CPR Components

o Skills Testing Checklists

o AHA Chain of Survival

  • Provides online access to the BLS Provider Manual
  • Multiple choice, 25-question exam to test cognitive knowledge
  • Certificate of completion available to print after HeartCode BLS modules and simulations, exam, and course evaluation have been completed successfully
  • Students may access all information included in HeartCode BLS for 24 months (two years) following activation of course

 

Technical Specifications: Minimum technical requirements are available at eLearning.Heart.org.

 

Intended Audience/Use:

The AHA’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings. HeartCode BLS is for healthcare professionals and others seeking an alternative delivery method for completing BLS training.

 

Continuing Education Information:

The American Heart Association is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

AMA Credit Designation Statement – Physicians

The American Heart Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AMA Credit must be claimed within 6 months of attendance. CME/CE will no longer be available to claim for this activity after 6 months of attending.

 

AAPA Credit Acceptance Statement – Physician Assistants

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 1.75 hours of Category I credit for completing this program.

 

AANP Credit Acceptance Statement – Nurse Practitioners

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

 

ANCC Credit Designation Statement – Nurses

The maximum hours awarded for this CE activity is 1.75 contact hours.

ANCC Credit must be claimed within six months of attendance. CME/CE will no longer be available to claim for this activity after 6 months of attending.

ACPE Credit Designation Statement – Pharmacists

ACPE Credit: 1.75 Contact Hours. Universal Program Number: JA0000134-0000-19-013-H04-P

ACPE Credit must be claimed within 30 days of attendance. ACPE credit will no longer be available to claim after one month of attending.

Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services

This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 2.50 Basic CEHs, activity number 19-AMHA-F3-0025.

CAPCE credit must be claimed within 6 months of attendance. CME/CE credit will no longer be available to claim for this activity after the 6 months claiming period. By claiming CAPCE credit, the claimant acknowledges the following: I understand that the American Heart Association as a requirement of CAPCE accreditation will submit a record of my course completions to the CAPCE AMS. I further understand that my course completion records may be accessed by or shared with such regulators as state EMS offices, training officers, and NREMT on a password-protected, need-to-know basis. In addition, I understand that I may review my record of CAPCE-accredited course completions by contacting CAPCE.

 

 

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