To learn “Basic Life Support” or vital function support (BLS). This represents a first-aid procedure that includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation and a sequence of basic life support actions. The aim of this procedure is to keep the brain and heart muscle oxygenated by causing, by means of compressive thrusts on the chest, a minimum amount of blood circulation, since the main risk is represented by anoxic brain damage.
Evaluation by the instructor of the performed maneuvers
Texts
BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual, American Heart Association
Contents
To learn how to identify and promptly recognize situations that require BLS procedures, such as: - Loss of consciousness (fainting, syncope) - Mechanical airway obstruction (airway foreign body, drowning) - Electrical shock - Cardiac arrest. To promptly carry out the rescue operations, since the probability of survival decreases by 7-10% for every minute from the start of cardio-circulatory arrest.
