Basic Life Support - Blended

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 12:00 AM - Monday, June 30, 2025, 11:59 PM


Commission on Accreditation For Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE)-Basic (4.50 hours)

The 2021 Basic Life Support (BLS) blended course provides prehospital and healthcare  professionals the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adult, child, and infant patients. Consistent with the American Red Cross Focused Updates and Guidelines 2020, BLS is the foundational CPR/AED program typically required for prehospital and healthcare professionals. Through the use of lecture, skills, demonstration, practice and case-based emergency response scenarios 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. Upon successful completion of the course learners will receive a 2-year Basic Life Support digital certificate with anytime anywhere access to certificate and training history.

1. Apply concepts of effective teamwork when caring for a patient experiencing a life-threatening emergency
2. Integrate communication, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills during a high-performance BLS team response.
3. Apply a systematic, continuous approach to assess, recognize and care for adults, children and infants experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
4. Perform a rapid assessment for responsive and unresponsive adults, children and infants
5. Effectively care for adults, children and infants experiencing a life-threatening injury or illness.
6. Effectively care for adults, children and infants in respiratory arrest or respiratory failure.
7. State the principles of high-quality CPR for adults, children and infants.
8. Identify BLS differences among adults, children and infants.
9. Provide high-quality chest compressions for adults, children and infants.
10. Deliver effective ventilations to adults, children and infants using a pocket mask and bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator.
11. Demonstrate effective use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for adults, children and infants.
12. Provide high-quality BLS care for adults, children and infants in single- and multiple-provider situations.
13. Deliver effective back blows, abdominal thrusts and chest thrusts for adults, children and infants with airway obstruction.
14. State the principles of caring for a pregnant patient in cardiac arrest.
15. State the principles of care for a patient experiencing an opioid overdose.

This CE activity is accredited for 4.5 Basic CEH by The American Red Cross, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education.

I understand that the American Red Cross as a requirement of CAPCE accreditation will submit a record of my course completions to the CAPCE AMS. I further understand that my course completion records may be accessed by or shared with such regulators as state EMS offices, training officers, and NREMT on a password-protected need-to-know basis. In addition, I understand that I may review my record of CAPCE accredited course completions by contacting CAPCE.

Cancellation Policy:
American Red Cross reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
American Red Cross is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact your instructor.

American Red Cross adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

American Red Cross adheres to the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, as well as the conflict of interest requirements of the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.