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BLS certification Augusta - Find BLS training classes and certification courses in Augusta, GA at Pulse CPR School. Get certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) with expert instructors. Enroll now for life-saving skills!
The Basic Life Support or BLS training provides a wide variety of healthcare
professionals the ability to recognize different life-threatening emergencies,
such as choking, provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an
automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely and effective manner.
Basic life support can be provided by trained medical personnel, such as
doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, respiratory
therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician’s assistants,
residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides,
medical or nursing assistants who have obtained BLS training. It is also useful
for many other professions, such as daycare providers, coaches, teachers,
personal trainers, security personnel and social workers. Their contact with
many different people and their exposure to various circumstances where medical
emergencies can occur make BLS training a good opportunity for acquiring basic
lifesaving skills that may come in handy.
Basic life support is the level of medical care given to patients with
life-threatening conditions until they can be given full medical attention in a
hospital. Therefore, it is generally used in the pre-hospital setting, and can
be provided without medical equipment or drugs. Basic life support involves
various life-saving techniques that focus on CAB of pre-hospital emergency
care:
- Circulation
– techniques which are done to maintain an adequate blood supply to vital
organs, to ensure oxygen delivery to all cells and remove metabolic waste
- Airway –
management of the victim’s airway to protect and maintain a clear
passageway for gases between the lungs and the atmosphere.
- Breathing
– maintenance of rhythmic inflation and deflation of the lungs to
ensure adequate respiration
BLS training provides healthcare providers enough confidence and skills
necessary to give lifesaving aid to a person who needs emergency care due to
injury or illness. Examples of life-threatening circumstances include heart
attacks, stroke, choking, drowning, bleeding and more. Healthcare providers who
complete BLS training receive a certification that is valid for two years.
Renewal of certification may be required thereafter.
Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular
Care
BLS Training is important especially because guidelines for lifesaving are
constantly updated based on observations and studies that evaluate the
effectiveness and safety of current guidelines. Even for the well trained
healthcare providers, changes in algorhythms and new recommendations need to be
learned. Finally, although CPR can be performed by any bystander, trained or
untrained, the quality of CPR performed is crucial to the survival of the
victim. BLS training for healthcare providers will help improve a patient’s
chances for surviving a life threatening emergency situation.
BLS for Healthcare Providers – Classroom. AHA. Berg RA, Hemphill R, Abella
BS, Aufderheide TP, Cave DM, Hazinski MF, Lerner EB, Rea TD, Sayre MR, Swor RA.
Part 5: Adult basic life support: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines
for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
Circulation. 2010;122(suppl 3):S685–S705.
Contact Info
Location: Pulse CPR and First Aid School
110 Davis Road Suite # 18
Martinez, Georgia 30907
Email: pulsecpr967@gmail.com
Phone: 706-901-7277
