Basic life support
interactive

Basic life support

This 2.5 hour interactive course is aimed at nurses, midwives and all healthcare workers, and provides participants with the most up to date basic life support techniques.

Health Staff Ed
Updated May 30, 2024

What you'll learn

  • Recite and implement the initial steps of resuscitation, known as DRS ABCD.
  • Describe the interventions required to manage each step of resuscitation including dangers, responsiveness, send for help, airway, breathing, CPR, and defibrillation.
  • Highlight the similarities and differences between adult, child, and infant resuscitation.
  • Describe what to do for conscious and unconscious individuals who are choking.
Course Description

Course Overview:

Providing the theoretical component to a basic life support training package, this interactive course provides participants with the most current basic life support techniques. It serves as a valuable refresher for all healthcare professionals and will allow participants to incorporate current best practice evidence into practice.

This course has been written by healthcare content experts and has been peer reviewed.

 

Target Audience

Nurses, midwives and all healthcare workers

 

Business Case

This course meets the requirements of the theoretical component of a blended learning package. It includes a practical competency based component, ensuring consistent, standardised, and up to date resuscitation techniques are implemented organisation wide.