This Basic Life Support course is an annual mandatory course for clinical or non clinical staff working for the NHS or Private Health & Social Care Organisations to receive updates on the latest guidelines from the British Resuscitation Council and prove competent in (BLS) Basic Life Support. This course is essential for existing and new inductees into Health and Social care settings.
Course Content
- Update and reflect on the Resuscitation
- Resus Council (UK) guidelines for Basic Life Support (BLS)
- ABCDE approach
- Risks to the rescuer
- Respiratory and cardiac arrest
- Recovery position
- Choking
- Lay person -v- healthcare professional
- Practice with manikins
- Understand the principles of Basic Life Support and relate them to the work environment