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SOUTH PEND OREILLE FIRE AND RESCUE

South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue has been providing Emergency Medical Services training county-wide since 2000. If you would like information and a registration form for the next Health Care Provider Course, please email the EMS Captain or call South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue at 509-447-5305.

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

The American Heart Association Health Care Provider course is a pre-requisite requirement for BLS Instructor Certification training and is taught by EMS Captain Darwin "Buck" Cole and Diamond Lake Station Captain Alex Arnold.

» Course Description

The BLS for Healthcare Providers Course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen), use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings. These healthcare providers may include (but are not limited to) physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physicians assistants, residents or fellows or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, and other allied health personnel.

The course is also designed for anyone who is required to take a healthcare provider course for employment. Proficiency in the skills of this course is a prerequisite for AHA advanced courses in resuscitation, including advanced cardiovascular like support (ACLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS) and BLS instructor courses.

This 6- to 8- hour program involves multiple learning activities: a videotaped overview of the Chain of Survival and other cognitive information; an instructor-led discussion of the adults signs of hearth attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, and choking; videotaped skills demonstration and practice; instructor-led practice scenarios; and peer practice sessions. The length of the course is determined to a large extent by the participant-instructor ratio (6:1 is recommended).

Two separate manuals accompany this course: BLS for Healthcare Providers and Fundamentals of BLS for Healthcare Providers may be used by anyone taking the BLS Healthcare Provider Course. It should definitely be used by all licensed and certified healthcare professionals.

Fundamentals of BLS for Healthcare Providers was developed in response to many request from non-licensed healthcare providers and others with a minimal healthcare background who are required to take this course for employment. The instructor should be prepared to recommend which manual is appropriate for a participant.

All participants who complete the course should be able to demonstrate the skills of CPR, mouth to mask and bag-mask ventilation, use of AED’s, and relief of FBAO for responsive and unresponsive victim. All participants who successfully complete the course, including the written examination and skills demonstration, will receive a BLS for Healthcare Provider completion card (credential).

» Course Objectives

The AHA developed the BLS for Healthcare Providers Course curriculum to achieve one primary goal: to improve rates of survival from sudden cardiac arrest by strengthening the Chain of Survival in every healthcare setting and community. The course teaches the skills that encompass the first 3 links in the chain. It emphasizes the importance of early activation of 911 (or other emergency response number), CPR (with mouth to mask and bag-mask ventilation), and use of an AED. It also teaches relief of FBAO in responsive and unresponsive victims. Finally, the course attempts to prevent disability and death and the need for CPR by teaching the warning signs of heart attach, respiratory arrest, and stroke in adults and by teaching methods to reduce death caused by sudden infant death syndrome in infants and injuries in children.
» Knowledge (Cognitive) Objectives

At the end of the course the participant will be able to

1. Describe the links in the AHA Chain of Survival, including the
importance of
Activating the appropriate emergency response system (phoning 911 or other response system)

• Performing CPR

• Using a barrier device

• Providing early defibrillation

Ensuring the arrival of early advanced care by activating the appropriate emergency response system (phoning 911 or other response system)

2. Describe the steps of CPR

When to start CPR

When to start rescue breathing, including ventilation with a barrier device and bag-mask ventilation (with and without oxygen)

How to check for normal breathing or signs of circulation

The ABC sequence of CPR

When and how to use an AED

The signs of sever or complete FBOA

How to relieve FBOA in a responsive and unresponsive victim

3. Describe the signs of 5 major emergencies in adults

• Heart attack

• Stroke

• Cardiac arrest

• Respiratory arrest

• FBOA

4. Describe strategies to prevent sudden infant death syndrome in infants and injuries in children

» Skills (Psychomotor) Objectives

At the end of the course the participant will be able to demonstrate the following skills using an adult or infant and child manikin (determined by the course modules completed) and a telephone:

1. Activation of the emergency response system (phone 911 or other response system)

2. Rescue breathing using mouth-to-mouth ventilation, mouth-to-barrier device ventilation (with and without oxygen), and bag-mask ventilation with oxygen for adult, infant, and child victims.

3. 1- and 2- rescuer CPR for adult, infant, and child victims

4. Use of an AED for victims > 8 years of age (and approximately 25 kg or more)

5. Relief of FBAO in the responsive and unresponsive victim of any age

South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue

325272 Hwy. 2

Newport, WA 99156

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