Basic Life Support (BLS) and First Aid (Queens / LI)

NEW COMBO CLASS- Basic Life Support (BLS) is designed to train professionals to respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies for adult, child, and infant victims. Consistent with the 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR/ECC, BLS is the foundational CPR/AED program typically required for healthcare providers and public safety professionals.

Through the use of lecture, skills demonstration and practice, case-based emergency response scenarios, and reflectionand debriefing activities with a focus on team-based response, BLS builds the key critical thinking, problem solving, and team dynamic skills that are needed to drive better patient outcomes. ALSO includes First Aid.

The First Aid course incorporates the latest science and meets OSHA guidelines. Students learn to recognize and care for a variety of first aid emergencies such as burns, cuts, scrapes, sudden illnesses, head, neck, back injuries, heat and cold emergencies. Upon successful completion of the course, learners will receive a 2-year “Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers” and “First Aid” digital certificate with anytime, anywhere access to certificate and training history.