BLS Certification Course

BLS Course

Campus Recreation is pleased to offer a series of FREE American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certification classes throughout the year, thanks to a grant provided by BlueCross BlueShield of TN Foundation.

The goal of the Basic Life Support Course is to train participants to save lives of victims in cardiac arrest through high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The American Heart Association designed the BLS course to teach healthcare professionals how to perform high-quality CPR individually or as part of a team. BLS skills are applicable to any healthcare setting. BLS students will learn rescue techniques for adults, children and infants.

This course will include a combination of videos, skills practice and testing. A written test will be administered at the end of the course. The BLS for Healthcare Providers covers core materials, including

Adult, child, and infant CPR, including one and two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag-valve mask and other breathing barriers
Foreign-body airway obstruction (Heimlich maneuver) for adult, child, and infant (conscious and unconscious)
AED (Automated external defibrillation) on both adult and child
Special resuscitation situations and cardiopulmonary emergencies

Limited spaces are available. Once you register for this class, you MUST attend. Participants who register for a class and fail to show up, arrive late, or leave before the class ends will not be able to register for future courses.

SPRING 2022

10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Campus Rec Fitness Studio:

Jan. 28
Feb. 18
March 11
March 25
April 8
April 22
May 6

Proper CDC standards including wearing masks and social distancing will be followed.