Heart and Stroke Healthcare Provider BLS Course

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The Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support course, often designated as BLS Provider, is a course chosen by medical personnel and professionals who need to respond to cardiac and pulmonary emergencies. When a person enters into Cardiac arrest, for which the heart enters into critical life-threatening rhythms, the heart stops moving blood and the person quickly enters into a state of unconsciousness and stops breathing or breathing normally (agonal gasps). Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) protocols need to be implemented promptly, without delay, to give a person the best chance of survival. This course incorporates CPR standards, which emphasize proper depth, rate and recoil and the use of an AED, but also explores the dimensions and relevance of a pulse check and the use of a Bag-Valve-Mask when delivering BLS protocols.

Professionals who select these courses include:

• Doctors and Nurses: Physicians, Registered Nurses and LPNs
• Emergency Responders: Paramedics, firefighters and Kinesiologists
• Allied Health Professionals: Dentists, dental hygienists and Assistants
• Healthcare Students: Individuals enrolled in medical, nursing or other clinical healthcare programs
• Other: Any employer or regulatory body such as: Alberta Health Services, Alberta College of Paramedics, Chiropractic Association of Alberta who requires annual BLS certification

The Heart and Stroke Healthcare Provider BLS Course is the most commonly chosen BLS Provider course for those in the medical professsions who work under Alberta Health Services.