Care Certificate Standard 12 - Basic Life Support
Care Certificate Standard 12 - Basic Life Support - Online Training Course.
Welcome to The Mandatory Training Group's Care Certificate Standard 12 - Basic Life Support online course. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
It is essential to understand that the objective of BLS is not to ‘treat’ the person but to buy some valuable time until the emergency medical aid arrives. BLS procedure is mainly used on people experiencing cardiac arrest or respiratory failure.
Basic first aid helps ensure that the right methods of administering medical assistance are provided. Knowing how to help a person is just as crucial in emergencies. It only takes six minutes for the human brain to expire due to lack of oxygen.
Course content
This Care Certificate Standard 12 - Basic Life Support online course is divided into the following sections:
- Unit 1 - Introduction
- Unit 2 - Cardiac arrest facts statistics
- Unit 3 - Definitions and abbreviations
- Unit 4 - Why are CPR and defibrillation necessary?
- Unit 5 - CPR for laypeople and first aiders
- Unit 6 - Performing CPR
- Summary.
- End of course assessment.
Who is the course for?
This Care Certificate Standard 12 - Basic Life Support online course was developed for new healthcare and social care staff as part of their workplace induction.
The primary audience of the Care Certificate is healthcare support workers or adult social care workers. It is also suitable for existing health and social care staff who do not hold recognised qualifications.
Clinical support roles
The Care Certificate Standard 12 is suitable for those giving support to clinical roles in the NHS and other healthcare settings where there is any direct contact with patients, including:
- Health care assistants
- Care support workers
- Assistant practitioners.
Adult social care workers
The Care Certificate Standard 12 is also suitable for those giving support in community settings, including:
- Adult social care workers in residential, nursing homes and hospices
- Home care workers
- Domiciliary care staff.
Non-clinical roles
The Care Certificate Standard 12 is also suitable for other social care roles, including:
- Caring volunteers
- Porters
- Cooks
- Drivers with direct contact with patients/ service users.
Course aims
The aims of this Care Certificate Standard 12 - Basic Life Support online course are to:
- Recognise when a victim's heart has stopped.
- Appreciate the importance of basic life support in saving lives.
- Understand the relevant legislation and regulations related to applying basic life support.
Learning objectives
This Care Certificate Standard 12 - Basic Life Support online course will:
- Recognise when someone’s heart has stopped.
- Explain the best way of getting immediate help.
- Describe how to carry out chest compressions (CPR).
- Explain what to do if an adult is choking.
- Outline steps followed when providing basic life support.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this Care Certificate Standard 12 - Basic Life Support online course, you will be able to:
- Identify a victim of cardiac arrest.
- Carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- State the procedure for summoning help for heart attack victims.
- Help individuals who have been choked.
- State the five links in the adult out-of-hospital Chain of Survival.
- Recognise when a victim's heart has stopped.
- State how to summon immediate help.
- Describe how to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
- Demonstrate what to do if an adult is choking.
