BLS - Basic Life Support Skills Testing

*The online American Heart Association BLS Provider Course must be completed prior to attending this skills testing session, and proof (certificate) shown to instructor.

To purchase the online course* Click here.

*If you are a current Fast Track healthcare student, follow the instructions from your instructor on how to register for this course and get a prepaid link for the online portion.

             BLS Skills Testing*

The AHA’s 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. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

What does the skills testing evaluate?

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
• Important early use of an AED
• Effective ventilations using a barrier device
• Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants.

Megan Mainland is North Central Michigan College's American Heart Association Training Center Coordinator, and an Adjunct Faculty member, that has been teaching CPR for nearly 20 years. She currently monitors other instructors to ensure competency and compliance with AHA certification requirements.