Basic Life Support (BLS)

Our BLS Pro­gram has been designed to pro­vide the Remote and Rur­al Health Prac­ti­tion­er with the nec­es­sary infor­ma­tion in order to pro­vide a flex­i­ble learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty that will enhance cur­rent knowl­edge and com­pe­ten­cy of this organ­i­sa­tion­al annu­al requirement. 

Reg­is­tered Nurs­es, Reg­is­tered Mid­wifes, Enrolled Nurs­es, Abo­rig­i­nal & Tor­res Strait Islander Health Prac­ti­tion­ers, Min­ing Para­medics, Ambu­lance Offi­cers, Iso­lat­ed Prac­tice G.P’s and oth­er remote health prac­ti­tion­ers i.e. den­tists, phys­io­ther­a­pists, men­tal health work­ers, drug and alco­hol, com­mu­ni­ty health work­ers, etc. It is ide­al­ly suit­ed for Health Pro­fes­sion­als prac­tic­ing in remote and iso­lat­ed cir­cum­stances who require this skill set annually

Deliv­ered in the form of an online mod­ule, com­bined with a prac­ti­cal com­pe­ten­cy that can be obtained by local asses­sors (assess­ment sheet includ­ed in the mod­ule) or via Skype. To dis­cuss your assess­ment options, please con­tact the  BLS Clin­i­cal Edu­ca­tor.

To down­load a copy of the BLS Infor­ma­tion and Prepa­ra­tion for Clin­i­cal Assess­ment infor­ma­tion sheet, click here.

This mod­ule demon­strates the process of D.R.S.A.B.C.D to sup­port the learn­er through the appli­ca­tion of the cur­rent ARC Guide­lines dur­ing a car­diac arrest including; 

• Check­ing for Danger
• Check­ing for Response
• Send­ing for help
• Open­ing the Airway
• Check­ing Breathing
• Per­form­ing Compressions
• Per­form­ing Defibrillation