Basic Life Support Provider Manual by American Heart Association Staff (2016,...

Basic Life Support Provider Manual by American Heart Association Staff Book is in good condition. Book shows light wear from use, cover may have minor creasing but not excessive. BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual 1st edition by American Heart Association Welcome to the Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course. BLS is the foundation forsaving lives after cardiac arrest. You will learn the skills of high-quality cardiopulmonaryresuscitation (CPR) for victims of all ages and will practice delivery of these skills bothas a single rescuer and as a member of a multirescuer team. The skills you learn in thiscourse will enable you to recognize cardiac arrest, activate the emergency responsesystem early, and respond quickly and confidently. Despite important advances in prevention, sudden cardiac arrest remains a leading causeof death in the United States. Seventy percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurin the home. About half are unwitnessed. Outcome from out-of-hospital cardiac arrestremains poor. Only about 10% of adult patients with nontraumatic cardiac arrest who aretreated by emergency medical services (EMS) survive to hospital discharge. With the knowledge and skills you learn in this course, your actions can give victims thebest chance of survival. The BLS Course focuses on what rescuers need to know to perform high-quality CPRin a wide variety of settings. You will also learn how to respond to choking emergencies.After successfully completi