CPR Classes in Danville, VA

BLS Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers INITIAL

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Is AHA BLS the right course for me?

BLS is geared towards prehospital providers, like EMTs, paramedics, fire fighters, and in-facility hospital providers. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

In the classroom, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.

**The Basic Life Support (BLS) Course student manual is required for this course. You may choose to purchase this through our website by clicking on the box to the right of the registration. If you choose not to purchase the book now, you are responsible for getting the manual before you come to class.

BLS Provider Manual (2020 Edition 20-1102)

AHA Product Number

20-1102

ISBN: 978-1-61669-768-6

Link to 2020 BLS Provider Course (Instructor-Led Training) FAQ

https://cpr.heart.org/-/media/cpr-files/courses-and-kits/healthcare-professional/bls-ilt/2020-bls-ilt-faq_102120.pdf?la=en

The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

Who should take this course?

The AHA’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

Basic Life Support (BLS) Course

Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

What does this course teach?

High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants

The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components

Important early use of an AED

Effective ventilations using a barrier device

Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR

Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers Course Completion Card is valid for two years.

Initial Basic Life Support (BLS) Course requires approximately 4 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing.BLS ILT Full Course: 3:40 hours without breaks

Upcoming Dates (if a class has seats left, click to register):

BLS Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers RENEWAL

*Please bring your current BLS card or eCard with you to the class. (Required current certification to take this course)*

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Is AHA BLS the right course for me?

BLS is geared towards prehospital providers, like EMTs, paramedics, fire fighters, and in-facility hospital providers. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

In the classroom, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.

**The Basic Life Support (BLS) Course student manual is required for this course. You may choose to purchase this through our website by clicking on the box to the right of the registration. If you choose not to purchase the book now, you are responsible for getting the manual before you come to class.

BLS Provider Manual (2020 Edition)

AHA Product Number 20-1102

ISBN: 978-1-61669-768-6

Link to 2020 BLS Provider Course (Instructor-Led Training) FAQ

https://cpr.heart.org/-/media/cpr-files/courses-and-kits/healthcare-professional/bls-ilt/2020-bls-ilt-faq_102120.pdf?la=en

The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

Who should take this course?

The AHA’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

Basic Life Support (BLS) Course

Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

What does this course teach?

High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants

The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components

Important early use of an AED

Effective ventilations using a barrier device

Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR

Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers Course Completion Card is valid for two years.

Q: How long is the BLS Course? A: BLS ILT Update Course 3 hours without breaks

The 2020 Renewal (Updage) Basic Life Support (BLS) Course requires approximately 3.0 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing.

Upcoming Dates (if a class has seats left, click to register):

BLS for Healthcare Providers (Skills Test Only) Parts 2 and 3

The BLS for Healthcare Providers (Skills Testing Only) Parts 2 and 3 require students to meet with an American Heart Association Instructor to complete a hands-on skills practice session and a skills test. Upon successful completion of all three parts students receive a course completion card valid for two years.

This course is for healthcare providers seeking an initial or renewal BLS for Healthcare Providers Course Completion Card (Part 1 sold seperately).

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM (1 seat left)Danville Area Training Center

PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support RENEWAL

American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Renewal

The AHA’s PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. The goal of PALS is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.

The American Heart Association PALS Renewal course is a fast paced class designed for providers that are currently certified in PALS and who are proficient with the current guidelines and algorithms. If you do not work with pediatric patients on a regular basis and /or are not comfortable with the 2020 guidelines, you may want to consider the more thorough 2 day provider course.

In this course, you will be practicing skills that may require bending, standing, lifting and possibly working on your hands and knees during this course . If you have any physical condition that might prevent you from engaging in these activities, please notify the D.A.T.C. and be able to provide a document from your physician document your limitations and restrictions prior to class.

Students are required to attend and participate in the entire course.

COURSE LOCATION: Danville Area Training Center (across from the Danville Life Saving Crew) at 630 Randolph Street, Danville, VA 24541

RECOMMENDED PREPARATION:

The primary reference for this course is the AHA Textbook of Pediatric Advanced Life Support (printing October 2020, Prod. # 20-1119). Participants should study the material prior to the course to familiarize them with the content. Course completion requires that students satisfactorily complete all skills testing stations and score at least 84% on the final exam.

The resuscitation scenarios require that your BLS skills and knowledge are current. You will be tested on the 2020 guidelines of pediatric and infant CPR and AED skills during the course. You will not be taught how to do CPR or how to use the AED. You must know this in advance. Therefore, if necessary, review and understand the information in the BLS for Healthcare Provider manual. You must also be familiar with and understand cardiac pharmacology and ECG rhythm recognition. You will not be taught how to read or interpret ECGs nor details about PALS pharmacology in the course.

PREPARATION:

Complete the mandatory PALS Precourse Work and Precourse Self-Assessment with a minimum score of 70%. Access information can be found on page 4 of your 2020 PALS Provider Manual (Prod. # 20-119, ISBN 978-1-61669-785-3) Please print & bring the results of your Self assessment to be turned in at registration.
Bring your current BLS Healthcare Provider card or eCard. Copies of cards, letters or class rosters will not be accepted. If your BLS Healthcare Provider card has expired you will not be able to participate in this course.
Bring your 2020 Guidelines PALS Provider manual.(Print Date Oct. 2020, Prod # 20-1119, ISBN 978-1-61669-785-3)
Bring all pre-course materials with you
Registration will be open from 8:00 – 8:25 am. Arrive early to allow time to check in as class will begin at 8:30 am. Per AHA guidelines late arrivals will not be admitted. For your security, all external doors will lock automatically when class begins.

NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS:
Participants will be verbally advised of their status the day of testing. Upon successful completion AHA PALS Provider eCards will be issued per AHA guidleines.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Gary Ryan, NRP; AHA ACLS & PALS Regional Faculty; PALS Course Director; AHA Training Center Coordinator
email gryan@dlsc.org || phone 434-770-0933

Upcoming Dates (if a class has seats left, click to register):

Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 8:30 AM (8 seats left)Danville Area Training Center

Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED (Adult, Child & Infant)

(NOTICE FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, including Nursing and EMT Students, please register for BLS for Healthcare Providers.)

About the Course

The Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED course provides first responders with training in basic first aid and CPR AED procedures -- including the first aid skills recommended by OSHA -- in a format that can be delivered in a single day. The course covers:

First Aid Basics
Medical Emergencies
Injury Emergencies
Environmental Emergencies
Adult CPR AED
Adult Choking

Also included in this course:

Child CPR AED
Infant CPR
Child and Infant Choking

The Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED course is intended for all individuals who have a duty to respond to a first aid or cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements, including:

teachers and day-care workers
security and airline personnel
camp counselors
police and firefighters
aerobics teachers/physical-fitness trainers
other individuals who want or need first-aid training.

The instructor-led course is approximately 5 to 7 hours, with skills testing by an American Heart Association instructor during the course

Certification

Upon completion of this course, students receive an American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course Completion Card that is valid for two years.

Materials

During the course, an AHA Instructor conducts video-based lessons and works with students to complete their first aid, CPR and AED skills practice and testing.

The American Heart Association requires all students to have a 2020 Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED Student Workbook (20-1126) during and after class. If you do not have your own copy, you may purchase one during registration with the option to pickup or ship.

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