Course Introduction
Learning Activity Details
| Duration | |
|---|---|
| Sessions | 1 Sessions |
| Course Location: | Live |
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Learning Activity Description:
The Basic Life Support (BLS) course which is accredited by the Saudi Heart Association, provides Healthcare practitioners with essential knowledge and hands-on skills required to respond promptly and effectively in life-threatening emergencies. Participants will engage in team-based scenarios and practice life-saving techniques in a supportive, supervised setting.
Learning Activity Agenda:
Time | Topic |
07:30 – 08:00 | Registration and Welcome |
08:00 – 09:00 | Lecture on BLS (Video) |
09:00 – 10:20 | Teaching Stations (40 minutes/Station) Station 1: One Rescuer CPR (Adult/Child) Two-Rescuer CPR Station 2: Obstructed Airway |
10:20 - 10:40 | BREAK |
10:40 – 12:00 | Station 3: Infant Resuscitation Station 4: AED & Barrier Devices
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12:00 – 13:15 | PRAYER & LUNCH |
13:15 – 16:00
| TESTING STATIONS (40 minutes /stations) Station 1: One Rescuer CPR (Adult/Child) Two Rescuer CPR Station 2: Obstructed Airway Station 3: Infant Resuscitation Station 4: AED & Barrier Devices |
16:00 – 17:30 | Written Examination |
Target Audience:
- All
Scientific Committee:
Learning Activity Objectives:
The course will include background information on the following:
• Heart diseases
• Risk factors
• Prudent heart living
• Heart and lung anatomy and physiology
• Chain of survival
• Warning signs of heart attack, respiratory arrest, and stroke.
• Prevention of sudden infant death syndrome in infants, and
injuries in children
Learning Outcome:
By the end of the Basic Life Support (BLS) course, participants will be able to:
Recognize unresponsiveness and rapidly assess a victim for signs of life.
Activate the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system promptly and appropriately.
Open and maintain the airway using appropriate basic airway-opening techniques.
Assess breathing and identify normal and abnormal breathing patterns.
Provide effective rescue breathing using barrier devices, with or without supplemental oxygen, when indicated.
Perform high-quality CPR using 1- and 2-rescuer techniques for:
Adult victims
Child victims
Infant victims
Demonstrate safe and effective use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) during cardiac arrest.
Recognize and manage foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO) in responsive and unresponsive adult, child, and infant victims.
Demonstrate appropriate sequencing and integration of BLS skills during simulated emergency scenarios.
Apply BLS principles safely and effectively while maintaining appropriate infection prevention and responder safety measures.
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Certificates
You have to attend the course to receive a certificate and a card of completion valid for two years (Credential).