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Basic Life Support

Dr. Karl Disque

Book Overview: 

This course is based on the latest life support guidelines published by the American Heart Association and is designed to train people everywhere to provide high quality basic life support.
The book covers how to provide adult, child, and infant CPR by one or two rescuers, as well as use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). Airway management and obstructed airway relief is also covered.
This is one of the most effective and user-friendly training manuals on the market because it was created by a team dedicated to life support education with the goal of training people to help save lives. Each topic is broken down into critical decisions to make and steps to take. This book will give you the confidence you need to respond to medical emergencies.
This course is written by Dr. Karl F. Disque, a board certified anesthesiologist and registered pharmacist. Dr. Disque has certified thousands of healthcare professionals with his courses in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Basic Life Support (BLS).

Features
- Complies with the latest AHA guidelines
- Covers adult, child, and infant CPR
- Subjects include 1 and 2 rescuer CPR, AED Defibrillators & Airway Management
- Effective, user-friendly and adapted for Kindle
- Review Questions
- Save on BLS certification when you certify online through National Health Care Provider Solution. Discount code included in your purchase.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Early initiation of BLS has been shown to increase the probability of survival for a person dealing with cardiac arrest. To increase the odds of surviving a cardiac event, the rescuer should follow the steps in the Adult Chain of Survival (Figure 1).

Adult Chain of Survival

Figure 1

Emergencies in children and infants are not usually caused by the heart. Children and infants most often have breathing problems that trigger cardiac arrest. The first and most important step of the Pediatric Chain of Survival is prevention (Figure 2).

Pediatric Chain of Survival

Figure 2

2015 BLS GUIDELINE CHANGES

The American Heart Association (AHA) published their 2015 guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) in the scientific journal Circulation. Resuscitation research continues to show that high-quality CPR i. . . Read More