Jackson, Tennessee – Jackson State Community College’s Division of Workforce Solutions is offering the American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support for Health Providers course in July. HeartCode BLS uses the latest eSimulation technology to enable students to assess and treat patients in virtual healthcare settings.

According to a press release John McCommon – director Workforce Development at Jackson State Community College – the course teaches Basic Life Support knowledge and skills online by utilizing various eLearning assets such as dramatizations, simulations, animations, self-directed learning, and interactive activities.

A hands-on session is scheduled with an AHA instructor to demonstrate competency in the course material. After completing both the eLearning and hands-on session of the BLS Course, students will be able to:

· Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival

· Describe all the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival

· Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR

· Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants

· Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use

· Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device

· Describe the importance of team dynamics in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR

· Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

The total cost for the course is $60. The hands-on portion of the course will be held at the JSCC Main Campus, Jim Moss Center for Nursing, Room 203. Visit jscc.edu/bls-july for course dates and additional information.