Basic Life Support (BLS) Training

Description

For professionals working within health and social care settings, medical emergencies can arise at any time, regardless of role. This Basic Life Support (BLS) course equips learners with the essential knowledge and understanding required to respond promptly and appropriately in potentially life-threatening situations.

The course provides comprehensive guidance on delivering immediate, potentially life-saving care. It covers structured casualty assessment through primary and secondary surveys, CPR techniques, the recovery position, and appropriate responses to emergencies such as choking, anaphylaxis, and cardiac arrest.

By strengthening emergency response skills, this training supports improved safety standards and quality of care within health and social care environments.

What You Will Learn

By the end of this BLS course, you will:

• Understand the safe and appropriate steps to take when responding to a medical emergency, including the importance of primary and secondary surveys.
• Recognise and respond effectively to choking, severe breathing difficulties, anaphylaxis, and cardiac arrest.
• Understand how to perform CPR in accordance with current guidance.
• Know how to place a casualty in the recovery position.
• Understand the purpose of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), including how to locate and operate one.
• Recognise the adaptations required when providing basic life support to paediatric and infant casualties.