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BLS Study Guide
BLS Study Guide
LIFE
SUPPORT
HC STUDY GUIDE
To renew your Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support card you must pass a written exam and a
performance check-off. This guide was created to help you review the basics of BLS. Please be
familiar with the information in this packet and complete your pretest before coming to renew.
It takes an average of two hours to complete the written post-test and performance check-offs for the
following: adult, child, infant, AED, mask-mouth and bag-mask ventilation.
To register for a BLS renewal or initial course, please call 360-537-5438 or MOX Angel Tracy
2006
Open Airway
Remember your
A,B,C,Ds!
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Defibrillation
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2006
30 compressions
and 2 ventilations.
At the end of 5
cycles (2 minutes),
check for return of
pulse.
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Determine unresponsiveness.
A child is
considered
someone
between
1 to Puberty
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breaths.
Rescue breathing rate is one breath every
3 seconds
Check the carotid pulse (at least 5 seconds and no
more than 10 seconds).
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At victims side:
Performs chest compressions
Counts out loud
Switches duties with rescuer #2 every 5
cycles or 2 minutes, taking less than 5
seconds to switch
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AED Use
1. POWER ON the AED (this activates voice
prompts for guidance in all subsequent steps).
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Tap feet
Determine
breathlessness. Look,
listen, and feel (Approx.
5-10 seconds).
If victim is breathing
and there is no
evidence of trauma,
place the victim in the
recovery position.
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At victims head:
Maintains an open airway
Provides breaths that make the
chest rise
Encourages rescuer 1 to perform
compressions that are fast and deep
enough and to allow full chest recoil
between compressions
Switches duties with rescuer 1 every
5 cycles or 2 minutes, taking less
than 5 seconds to switch.
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Deliver 5 back
slaps rapidly and
forcefully between
the infants
shoulder blades
using the heel of
the hand.
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