Course Description

The Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers classroom course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals with the following skills:

• The ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies.
• Provide CPR.
• Using an AED.
• Relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.

Content

• Critical concepts of high-quality CPR.
• The Chain of Survival.
• Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant.
• Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques.
• Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant.
• Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant.
• Relief of choking/foreign body airway obstruction for adult, child and infant.
• CPR with an advanced airway.

Format

Video based Instructor-led, hands on class format to reinforce skills proficiency and consistency.The initial provider course completion time requirement is approximately 5-6 hours, including skills practice, skills testing and written evaluation.The renewal course time requirement is approximately 4 hours, including skills practice and evaluation.

Target Audience

For all healthcare professionals such as:

• Physicians.
• Dentists.
• Nurses.
• Respiratory therapists.
• X-ray technologists.

Card Type

SHA BLS for Healthcare Providers course completion card valid for two years.

Evaluation Method

• Multiple choice written exam and skills test description.
• Participant’s Material.
• Provider Manual Latest edition.

Provides participants with the critical skills and knowledge necessary to manage an emergency in the first few minutes until the emergency medical services (EMS) takes over. This course also teaches adult CPR AED.

Content

• First aid basics (including scene safety, finding the problem, calling for help and more).
• Medical emergencies (including actions for choking, breathing problems, shock and more).
• Injury emergencies (including actions for bleeding, broken bones, burns and more).
• Environmental emergencies (including actions for bites and stings, temperature-related and poison emergencies).
• Adult CPR AED (with a mask).

Optional modules include child CPR AED, and infant CPR including child and infant choking

Format

Video based- Instructor led, hands on class format. The course incorporates the Practice-While-Watching technique, which allows Instructors to observe students, provide feedback and guide them to fully acquiring the skills.

Target Audience

Anyone with limited or no medical training seeking a course completion card in first aid, CPR and AED to meet job, regulatory or other requirements.

Card Type

SHA course completion card valid for two years.

Evaluation Method

Successful completion including skills demonstration and CPR AED skills test.

Provides participants with the critical skills and knowledge necessary to manage an emergency in the first few minutes until the emergency medical services (EMS) takes over. This course also teaches adult CPR AED.

Content

• First aid basics (including scene safety, finding the problem, calling for help and more).
• Medical emergencies (including actions for choking, breathing problems, shock and more).
• Injury emergencies (including actions for bleeding, broken bones, burns and more).
• Environmental emergencies (including actions for bites and stings, temperature-related and poison emergencies).
• Adult CPR AED (with a mask).

Optional modules include child CPR AED, and infant CPR including child and infant choking.

Format

Video based- Instructor led, hands on class format. The course incorporates the Practice-While-Watching technique, which allows Instructors to observe students, provide feedback and guide them to fully acquiring the skills.

Target Audience

Anyone with limited or no medical training seeking a course completion card in first aid, CPR and AED to meet job, regulatory or other requirements.

Card Type

SHA course completion card valid for two years.

Evaluation Method

Successful completion including skills demonstration and CPR AED skills test.

Upon successful completion and skills demonstration, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid course completion card valid for two years.

Heart Saver CPR AED course has been updated to involve the latest science in ILCOR Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Content

This video-based classroom course teaches CPR, AED use, and child CPR and AED use choking in an adult, child or infant.

Format

Practice-While-Watching consistent, accurate modeling of skills performance on the course video. Adult, child and infant skills are presented in three separate modules for extra flexibility.

Target Audience

Any individual seeking to learn CPR in an Instructor-led or facilitated group environment.

Card Type

No card is provided upon completion of this course.

Evaluation Method

There is no written evaluation for this course.

Description

 The course follows the recent ILCOR guidelines in advanced cardiovascular life support endorsed by SHA. This course highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication as well as systems of care and immediate post-cardiac-arrest care.

Content

• Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an (AED).
• Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest.
• Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions.
• Airway management and vascular access skill lab (if required).
• ECG and dysrhythmia interpretation and related pharmacology.
• Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and stroke.
• Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team.
• Effective Resuscitation Team Dynamics.

Format

Instructor-led classroom course with large-group sessions and small-group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.

Target Audience

Healthcare professionals both directors of and participants in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes the following:

• Personnel in emergency response team.
• Emergency medicine team.
• Intensive care and critical care unit’s personnel.
• Any other personnel with a job description require the completion of this course.

Card Type

SHA Provider Card valid for two years.

 Evaluation Method

Multiple choice written exams and various skills test including demonstration of skills competency in all learning stations and passing the CPR and AED skills test, bag-mask ventilation skills test, and Megacode.

Length

Initial Provider Course completion time requirement is approximately 2 ½ days (3 days with breaks) including skills practice and skills testing.

Renewal Course time requirement is approximately 1 ½ day including skills practice and skills testing (one day).

CME hours

12 CME hours

Participant’s Material

Provider Manual latest edition and ECC Guidelines.

• Classroom-based interactive course with group discussion and instructor feedback
• Course includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations (from AHA produced course DVD)
• Course is comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations
• Includes skills such as CPR AED, Vascular Access, ECG interpretation/arrhythmias and management, management of shock and post cardiac arrest care
• Format is both initial (full course) spread over two days and recertification course for one day
• Accredited with Saudi Heart Association
• CME 12 Hours approved from SCHS
• Curriculum put forth by American Heart Association/American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Certificate validity 2 years

Description

 The NRP course provides Healthcare providers with the basic knowledge to care for the neonatal patient in cardiac arrest and to manage resuscitation efforts in conditions that can potentially lead to arrest.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Identify life-threatening conditions which require resuscitation and identify risk factors that can help predict which infants may require resuscitation.
• Identify the equipment and personnel needed to resuscitate a newborn.
• Demonstrate cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize the neonate respiratory failure or cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Demonstrate how to manage the post resuscitation period.

Target Audience

• Neonatologists.
• Pediatricians.
• Emergency physicians.
• Nurses.
• Paramedics.
• Respiratory therapists.
• Other healthcare providers who initiate and direct advanced life support in neonatal emergencies.

Card Type

SNRP provider card.

Evaluation Method

Multiple choice online exam and skills test.

Length

Approximately 8 hours (one full day).

The course provides the essential information and skills required for providers to identify and treat life threatening injuries under the extreme circumstances associated with these situations in the fast-paced and anxious environment of a trauma room.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of concepts and principles of patient assessment and management.
• Acquire the necessary skills to diagnose and treat traumatic injuries.
• Establish management priorities in single & multiple trauma.
• Perform the initial assessment and management of trauma victims.

Target Audience

Physicians in the fields of Acute care, OR, Surgical & Orthopedic areas.Nurses and technicians can benefit by attending as observers / auditors.

Card Type

ATLS card issued by the American College of Surgeons and valid for three years.

Evaluation Method

• Pre-test MCQs exam (multiple choice questions).

• Skills practice and exam in various stations as per the curriculum.

• Post-test MCQs.

Length

• Three Days.
• The CPR & AED learning programs increase survival rates by training healthcare providers and lay rescuers on the skills needed to respond to emergency situations quickly, promptly and effectively and eventually reduce morbidity and mortality.