HomeBLS Skills Class (BLS for Healthcare Proviser)

BLS Classroom and Skills Class
Note: Must have completed online course first!

Accelerated: 1 hour 10 minutes
Non-Accelerated: 2 hours 15 minutes

Accelerated BLS Skills Class Precourse Requirements:

• The accelerated HeartCode BLS Competency Course is only intended for providers who are experienced in the skills of basic life support, are renewing their AHA BLS course completion card, and have successfully completed the online portion of HeartCode BLS.

• Use of a feedback device or manikin is required for the accelerated HeartCode BLS Competency Course to ensure high-quality CPR with the direct assessment of a student’s performance of skills.

Accelerated HeartCode BLS Competency Agenda (Skills Class)

With High-Performance Teams Activity

3 Students, 1 BLS Instructor

Student-instructor ratio 3:1; student-manikin ratio 3:1

Total time: approximately 70 minutes

Lesson 1: Course Introduction

Lesson 2: 1-Rescuer Adult BLS

Part I: 1-Rescuer Adult BLS Practice

Part II: AED Practice

Part III: Adult CPR and AED Skills Test

Lesson 3: 2-Rescuer Child CPR

Part I: 2-Rescuer Child CPR Practice

Lesson 4: High-Performance Teams Activity

Lesson 5: Infant BLS

Part I: Infant Compressions (1-Rescuer)

Part II: 2-Rescuer Infant CPR Practice

Part III: Infant CPR Skills Test

Lesson 6: Conclusion

Non-Accelerated BLS Skills Class Precourse Requirements:

• The non-accelerated HeartCode BLS Competency Course is intended for providers who have successfully completed the online portion of HeartCode BLS.

• Use of a feedback device or manikin is required for the accelerated HeartCode BLS Competency Course to ensure high-quality CPR with the direct assessment of a student’s performance of skills.

Non-Accelerated HeartCode BLS Competency Agenda (Skills Class)

Sample HeartCode BLS Agenda With out Optional Lessons Included

12 Students, 2 BLS Instructors,
Student-instructor ratio 6:1;
student-manikin ratio 3:1

Total time: 2 ¼ hours

Lesson 1: Course Introduction

Lesson 2: 1-Rescuer Adult BLS

Part I: Adult Chain of Survival

Part II: Scene Safety and Assessment

Part III: Adult Compressions

Part IV: Pocket Mask

Part V: 1-Rescuer Adult BLS

Lesson 3: AED and Bag-Mask Device

Part I: AED

Part II: Bag-Mask Device

Lesson 4: 2-Rescuer Adult BLS

Lesson 5: Team Dynamics

Part I: Team Dynamics

Part II: Successful Resuscitation Teams

Lesson 6: High-Performance Teams Activity

Lesson 7: Child BLS

Part I: Pediatric Chain of Survival

Part II: Child BLS

Part III: 2-Rescuer Child CPR

Lesson 8: Infant BLS

Part I: Infant BLS

Part II: Infant Compressions

Part III: Bag-Mask Device for Infants

Part IV: 2-Rescuer Infant BLS

Part V: AED for Infants and Children Less Than 8 Years of Age

Lesson 9: Special Considerations

Part I: Rescue Breathing

Lesson 10: Adult and Child Choking

Part I: Relief of Choking in a Responsive Adult or Child

Part II: Relief of Choking in an Unresponsive Adult or Child

Lesson 11: Infant Choking

Part I: Relief of Choking in a Responsive Infant

Lesson 12: Conclusion

Lesson 13: Adult CPR and AED Skills Test

Lesson 14: Infant CPR Skills Test

Lesson 15: Remediation

Part I: Skills Testing Remediation—if needed