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Basic Life Support and First Aid
The Basic Life Support and First Aid course offers essential training in life-saving techniques, including CPR, airway management, and first aid for common injuries. It equips individuals with the skills to respond effectively to medical emergencies, ensuring prompt and proper care in critical situations.
What is the Basic Life Support and First Aid?
The Basic Life Support and First Aid course from the American Institute of Safety Professionals provides comprehensive training on the emergency medical response skills that every workplace first aid provider, safety officer, and designated responder needs. In the minutes between an emergency and the arrival of professional medical services, the actions of trained first aid responders determine outcomes: effective CPR sustains blood flow to the brain, early AED use restores heart rhythm, proper wound management controls bleeding, and correct positioning prevents secondary injury. This course develops those life-saving competencies.
The curriculum covers scene safety and assessment, primary assessment (responsiveness, breathing, circulation), CPR technique (adult, child, infant), AED operation (pad placement, shock delivery, integration with CPR), choking response (conscious and unconscious), wound management (direct pressure, wound packing, tourniquet awareness), fracture and musculoskeletal injury care (immobilisation, splinting), shock recognition and management, burn care (thermal, chemical, electrical), heat and cold emergencies (heat stroke, hypothermia, frostbite), poisoning and chemical exposure response, seizure management, diabetic emergencies awareness, and the emergency medical services (EMS) interface (when and how to call, what information to provide). All training is delivered 100 percent online through Microsoft Teams and the American Institute of Safety Professionals LMS.
Upon completion, graduates receive a certificate, wallet card, and transcript, employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.
Note: This course provides the knowledge component of BLS and first aid. Hands-on CPR/AED skills verification through a practical skills session with a qualified instructor may be additionally required by the employer for designated first aid providers.
Who should take this course?
- Designated workplace first aid providers
- Safety officers who manage first aid programmes
- Supervisors responsible for emergency response in their areas
- Any employee who wants basic life-saving skills
- AED custodians responsible for AED maintenance and readiness
- Remote site workers where EMS response time is extended
What will you study?
Core Modules
- 01Principles of Basic Life Support (BLS) and Chain of Survival
- 02Scene Safety Assessment and Emergency Response Planning
- 03Adult, Child, and Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- 04Use of Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- 05Management of Choking and Airway Obstruction
- 06Control of Bleeding, Wound Care, and Bandaging Techniques
- 07Management of Shock, Burns, Fractures, and Soft Tissue Injuries
- 08Recognition and Initial Care of Medical Emergencies (Heart Attack, Stroke, Seizures)
Optional / Site-Specific Modules
- 01First Aid Response for Workplace-Specific Hazards
- 02Emergency Response Roles and Responsibilities
- 03Use and Maintenance of First Aid Kits and Emergency Equipment
- 04Post-Incident Reporting and Documentation Requirements
How will you be assessed?
Candidates can take this exam through an assigned portal from the American Institute of Safety Professionals. A passing score is 70% or higher, and exam results are provided right after by email to the address provided. The exam is open-book, allowing candidates to validate their answers. Any candidates who do not pass have 1 month after their exam to go through the training materials and can take the exam 3 additional times.
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