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BLSH - Basic Life Support

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Effective Start Term

2026-2027

College/School

School of Healthcare

Program Title

Basic Life Support

Total Program Hours

6

Total Program Credits

0

Total Length of Time to Complete the Program

1 day

Program Description

The Basic Life Support (BLS) Course for Health Care Providers is designed to provide professionals with the necessary skills to keep people alive until they can be brought to a hospital or be treated with more advanced lifesaving measures. This course covers: adult and pediatric CPR, two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag-valve masks, foreign-body airway obstruction, automated external defibrillation, special resuscitation situations, stroke and cardiac arrest, and other cardiopulmonary emergencies.

Certificates and Licensure

  • Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support Certification

  • First Aid Certification