Standard 12 - Basic Life Support

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at all staff throughout the health and social care sector, in particular:

• New starters to the organisation
• Existing staff as a refresher

Resuscitation skills are vital to improving the chances of survival when someone has a Cardiac Arrest. This Basic Life Support module delivers key underpinning knowledge to healthcare workers such as: understanding what causes cardiac arrest, recognising a deteriorating casualty and how to safely administer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, all which can be used as evidence towards achieving the Care Certificate.

Duration

The Health and Safety Group would recommend approx. 1 hour to complete this course

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this course the learner will:

• How the airway becomes obstructed
• The difference between a partial and severe airway obstruction
• How to correctly administer back blows and abdominal thrusts on and adult and child
• How to correctly administer back blows and chest thrusts on an infant
• The stages of a primary survey
• How to correctly resuscitate an adult, child and infant
• How to correctly use an automated external defibrillator

Course includes:

• Airway Obstruction Signs and Symptoms
• Adult, Child and Infant Choking
• The Chain of Survival
• Basic Life Support Aims
• The Primary Survey – DRAB
• Calling for Help
• Adult, Child and Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (inclusive of video clips)
• Automated External Defibrillation

(The certificate confirms the correct standards of knowledge have been achieved. The certificate maybe used as evidence towards achieving the care certificate)