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Basic Life Support (BLS)

Last Update July 23, 2026
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  • Level: Beginner
  • Duration: 3 Hours
  • Lectures: 6 Lessons
  • Access: 1 Year
  • Language: English
Basic Life Support (BLS)
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Course overview

Basic life support is critical for recognizing cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, choking, and other time-sensitive emergencies. In healthcare and workplace settings, delayed response, poor assessment, weak communication, or incorrect emergency activation can affect patient safety and emergency outcomes.

The Basic Life Support (BLS) course covers patient assessment, cardiac arrest recognition, high-performance CPR, pediatric and infant resuscitation, airway management, AED use, team-based response, complex emergencies, Canadian legal responsibilities, EMS systems, and guideline implementation.

Learners will understand key resuscitation concepts, emergency response roles, communication principles, documentation responsibilities, and quality improvement considerations in BLS practice. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course.

 

Key topics included

  • Cardiac arrest recognition, respiratory failure, patient assessment, and emergency activation

  • High-performance CPR, compression quality, airway management, ventilation, and oxygen delivery

  • Pediatric, infant, maternal, opioid, drowning, choking, and environmental emergency response

  • Team leadership, closed-loop communication, human factors, and error prevention

  • Canadian legal duties, consent, Good Samaritan protection, AED legislation, and documentation

  • EMS systems, public access defibrillation, guideline updates, competence, and quality assurance

Entry requirements

  • There are no formal academic prerequisites for this course. Learners should have basic English reading and comprehension skills and a willingness to understand emergency response responsibilities, patient assessment principles, resuscitation communication, and professional accountability. A calm, attentive, and safety-focused attitude toward time-critical situations will support successful learning.

Who is this course for

This course is suitable for healthcare workers, workplace first aid responders, care staff, fitness and recreation personnel, safety officers, supervisors, community responders, emergency response team members, and professionals who may need to recognize emergencies, activate support, assist with CPR, use an AED, or understand BLS responsibilities.

Certification

Certificate

Curriculum

24 Topics Covered 3 Hours
  • Recognizing and Assessing Cardiac Emergencies
  • Module 1 Quiz
  • High-Performance CPR and Airway Management
  • Module 2 Quiz
  • Teamwork in Complex Resuscitation Scenarios
  • Module 3 Quiz
  • Legal, Ethical, and Professional Responsibilities in BLS
  • Module 4 Quiz
  • Canadian Emergency Systems and Community Resuscitation
  • Module 5 Quiz
  • Ongoing Competence, Guideline Implementation, and Innovation
  • Module 6 Quiz
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Final Exam

Frequently Asked Questions

Anyone interested in emergency response, CPR awareness, AED use, or resuscitation responsibilities can enroll. The course is suitable for healthcare workers, workplace responders, care staff, supervisors, safety personnel, community responders, and professionals who may encounter time-critical emergencies.
You will learn about emergency recognition, patient assessment, cardiac arrest principles, high-performance CPR, airway management, ventilation, AED use, team communication, complex resuscitation scenarios, legal duties, EMS systems, documentation, guideline updates, and quality improvement.
This training is important because workplaces and care settings may face cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, choking, opioid poisoning, drowning, or environmental emergencies. Awareness supports faster recognition, clearer emergency activation, better communication, and stronger understanding of response responsibilities.
Yes. The course supports stronger awareness of CPR quality, AED integration, airway support, emergency decision-making, team roles, legal responsibilities, documentation, transfer of care, and quality assurance principles linked to basic life support practice.
Yes. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course and any required assessments. The certificate demonstrates your understanding of the key principles and practical applications covered in the training.