Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification Course

Welcome, we are pleased that you have chosen East Coast Medical Training, Inc. (ECMT) to provide you with this outstanding course and are sure it will be a worthwhile learning experience for you as a medical professional.

1. Enroll in the BLS course by selecting a class time and location.
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   • $39.00 Full Course (for New or Expired Certification)
   • $39.00 Renewal Course (Before Expired Certification)
   • $25.00 Skills Check (after Completion of the Online Class Course Below)
   • $34.00 ENROLL HERE for AHA ONLINE HeartCode® BLS CLASS
2. You may purchase your BLS textbook from ECMT, Inc. when you register for your course.  Allow enough time to receive your textbook before your scheduled course.  If you do not purchase your textbook from ECMT, Inc., you are required by the AHA to purchase it from Worldpoint https://www.worldpoint.com
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3. You must bring the AHA BLS textbook to class with your completed test results. Passing Score = 70% (If a score of 70% is not achieved in each section, please review the text and retest the section).
4. Review and study the free online class 2016-2020 Preparation Study Guide provided by ECMT, Inc. VIEW HERE
   • This information is derived from the 2015 ECC Guidelines
   • This packet contains prep information for the BLS Course
   • This prep packet is a supplement for those students taking a BLS class with ECMT, Inc.

Basic Life Support (BLS) is the foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest. This course teaches both single-rescuer and team-based basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and pe-hospital settings.

BLS is for any healthcare provider or first-responder who needs to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills. The course provides pre-hospital and in-facility tracks, and an accelerated renewal course is available for providers who have BLS experience and need to recertify.

• Paramedics
• EMTs
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Pharmacists

Concepts and skills covered in BLS include:

• high-quality CPR
• AED use
• choking relief
• ventilation techniques
• opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies

• describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
• describe all of the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
• recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
• perform high-quality CPR on adults, children, and infants
• describe the importance of early AED use and demonstrate using one
• provide effective ventilations with a barrier device
• describe the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
• describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

Upon successful completion of the course, including achieving a score of 84% or higher on the course exam, students receive a BLS course completion AHA E-card that is valid for two years.

The 2015 BLS Provider Manual is mandatory for this course.

We look forward to meeting you at the course and will be happy to answer any questions you may have, just call our office at 706-994-4308 or email us at eastcoastmedicaltraining@gmail.com.