Basic Life Support (BLS) Training
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Basic Life Support (BLS) Training
Also known as CSTF Resuscitation Level 1 - Basic Life Support
Duration 2-3 hours
Last audited 10th February 2023
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100% online training
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Instant assessment and result
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1 learner per course
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Train teams of all sizes
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Bulk discounts starting at 10% off 10 courses
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£25 +VAT
include vat
Includes a 10% discount for 10+ courses
For those working within health and social care settings, regardless of role, you may find yourself faced with potentially life-threatening situations. This Basic Life Support course is designed to give you the knowledge and understanding required to react quickly and appropriately in emergency situations, increasing the safety and quality of care provided to those within the sector.
This course will help provide you with invaluable knowledge on how to deliver potentially life-saving help. It teaches you how to assess situations with primary and secondary surveys, techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the recovery position and how to react to a variety of emergencies such as choking or anaphylaxis.
100% online training
Access anywhere
Same day digital certificate
Printed certificate posted next working day
Full audio voiceover
Unlimited assessment attempts
Developed by qualified health and social care professionals
Accredited by CPD
Skills for Care endorsed training provider
Aligned to the Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)
What you'll learn
By the end of this course you will:
- Understand the safe steps to take for responding to a medical emergency and the importance of a primary and secondary survey.
- Be able to recognise and respond to choking and severe breathing difficulties, including anaphylaxis or cardiac arrest.
- Know how cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed.
- Understand how to place someone in the recovery position.
- Understand the role of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) as well as how to locate and use one.
- Know the adaptations required for paediatric and infant basic life support.
Training you can trust
Accredited by CPD
All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Skills for Care endorsed training provider
We're proud to be officially endorsed by Skills for Care, the strategic body for workforce development in social care in England and a delivery partner for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Skills for Care endorsement is a trusted quality mark only awarded to the best learning and development providers within the social care sector.
Our commitment to Health and Social Care
As part of our commitment to Health and Social Care, we have worked hard to build partnerships with authorities and leading bodies, including the National Care Forum (NCF) and the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE). We best serve care providers by committing to being at the forefront of sector issues, policy and legislation, ensuring our training is up-to-date, comprehensive and meaningful.
Recommended renewal:
1 year
What does this mean? This certificate does not have an expiry date, however, based on industry best practice guidelines there is a recommended renewal period.
Engage and empower
Our in-house Learning Designers develop all of our courses to give you and your learners the most engaging training possible.
Module 1: Introduction to Basic Life Support
What is basic life support, delivering basic life support, legal requirements, infection prevention and control, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, cleaning and waste disposal.
Module 2: The Primary and Secondary Surveys
The primary survey, danger, response, airway, breathing, circulation, the secondary survey and primary and secondary survey considerations.
Module 3: The Recovery Position and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Heart attack or cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, the chain of survival, the recovery position - adults, children and infants, the recovery position for suspected spinal injuries, administering CPR with rescue breaths - adults, children and infants, administering hands-only CPR, considerations when administering CPR - adults, children and infants, automated external defibrillator (AED), DNACPR, ADRT and ReSPECT and after the event.
Module 4: Responding to Emergency Situations - Part 1
Choking, assessing the severity, partial obstruction, blocked airway, treating choking in adults and children, treating choking in infants, anaphylaxis, triggers of anaphylaxis, how to prevent anaphylaxis, signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis, how to respond to anaphylaxis and adrenaline auto-injectors.
Module 5: Responding to Emergency Situations - Part 2
Diabetic hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia, signs and symptoms and treatment of hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia, stroke including signs and symptoms and treatment, electric shock and drowning safety considerations and resuscitation.
The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 30 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.
This online course is suitable for anyone wanting to gain initial non-practical Basic Life Support training, including non-clinical staff. It can also be taken by health and social care workers wanting to refresh their existing knowledge and complement their practical training.