Medical Skills Training and Refreshers

Training questions? Email us at training@acadian.com.

Courses may be provided on-site and tailored to your company’s training needs. Call (337) 521-3430 to find out how we can customize your company’s training programs.

AHA BLS Course

Overview

The AHA 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.

In the Instructor-led course, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.

Features

  • Updated science and education from the new 2020 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
  • Instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
  • Emphasis on high-quality CPR including a team dynamics classroom activity
  • Video-based course with real-world scenario

Course Objectives

The training Medic First Aid – Bloodborne Pathogens program teaches the information every employee who has an occupational exposure needs to know to avoid accidental exposure to potentially infectious materials and to manage an accidental exposure if one occurs.

Additional Information

Course Length: 4 hrs

Course Objectives 
Upon completion of AHA BLS training, the student will be familiar with:

  • High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
  • The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
  • Use of an AED
  • Effective ventilations using a barrier device and/or a Bag-Valve-Mask
  • Importance of teams in multi rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi rescuer CPR
  • Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

Requirements – None

Written Exam
Final exam minimum passing score is 84%.

Retraining
Bi-annual refresher training is required which consists of an AHA BLS Refresher Course which must be taken prior to the expiration date on the student’s course completion AHA eCard.

Course Registration

Training questions? Email us at training@acadian.com.

Courses may be provided on-site and tailored to your company’s training needs. Call (337) 521-3430 to find out how we can customize your company’s training programs.