Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course (Dec 17, 2025) - Traverse City

Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course is organized by Munson Healthcare (MHC) and will be held on Dec 17, 2025, at Foster Family Community Health Center, Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America.

Description:
The American Heart Association( AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR. BLS for healthcare professionals trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality CPR, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. The BLS Provider Course teaches rescue techniques for adults, children, and infants.

This course is designed with the first-time learner in mind and is completely instructor-led.
The AHA's BLS Provider Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC. This course teaches basic life support skills for application in both in-facility and prehospital settings, with a focus on high-quality CPR, improvement of chest compression fraction, and high-performing team dynamics. The BLS Provider Course teaches rescue techniques for adults, children, and infants.

In the 2020 BLS Provider Course, students will learn and practice the following:

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
• Important early use of an AED
• Effective ventilations using a barrier device
• Importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

To successfully complete this course and receive your BLS course completion card, students must do the following:

• Participate in hands-on interactive demonstrations of high-quality CPR skills
• Pass the Adult CPR and AED Skills Test
• Pass the Infant CPR Skills Test
• Score at least 84% on the exam