Course Instructor - Melanie O'Neill

Course Fee - $35.00

$20.00 of the course fee is for materials and an AHA certificate

The AHA’s Basic Life Support (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).

 What does this course teach?

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS component
• Important early use of an AED

• Effective ventilations using a barrier device

• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for adults and infants

Melanie O’Neill, DNP, RN, NE-BC is the Director of Education at Union General Hospital.