BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

The ASHI Basic Life Support (BLS) program is intended to assist healthcare providers, including professional res-cuers, in learning or refining BLS skills for patients of all ages. These critical, potentially life-saving skills include performing high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillation (AED) as a single provider and part of a team. BLS also includes knowing how to relieve foreign body airway obstruction