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May 18, 2025

(BLS) American Red Cross Basic Life Support For Healthcare Workers

WYATT HALL-University of Puget Sound • 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma, WA 98416 Room 101 Tacoma, WA 98416WA  98416 Organized by Nomad Consulting, Training, and Safety Services LLC

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NCTSS is a PNW-owned and staffed company supporting local organizations and individuals Basic Life Support Course Purpose The American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) course provides participants with the knowledge and skills they need to assess, recognize and care for patients who are experiencing respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, airway obstruction or opioid overdose. When a patient experiences a lifethreatening emergency, healthcare providers need to act swiftly and promptly. The course emphasizes providing high-quality care and integrating psychomotor skills with critical thinking and problem solving to achieve the best possible patient outcomes. Learning Objectives • Apply concepts of effective teamwork when caring for a patient experiencing a life-threatening emergency. • Integrate communication, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills during a high-performance BLS team response. • Apply a systematic, continuous approach to assess, recognize and care for adults, children and infants experiencing a life-threatening emergency. • Perform a rapid assessment for responsive and unresponsive adults, children and infants. • Effectively care for adults, children and infants in respiratory arrest. • State the principles of high-quality CPR for adults, children and infants. • Identify BLS differences among adults, children and infants. • Provide high-quality chest compressions for adults, children and infants. • Deliver effective ventilations to adults, children and infants using a pocket mask and bag-valvemask (BVM) resuscitator. • Demonstrate effective use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for adults, children and infants. • Provide high-quality BLS care for adults, children and infants in single- and multiple-provider situations. • Deliver effective abdominal thrusts, back blows and chest thrusts for adults, children and infants with airway obstruction. Length: -Online 1.5 hours estimate -Instructor led classroom session 2.5 hour

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WYATT HALL-University of Puget Sound

1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma, WA 98416 Room 101 Tacoma, WA 98416WA  98416

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