The American Heart Association's BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. This course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and pre-hospital settings. This course covers: - Adult, Child, and Infant high-quality CPR and AED use - The AHA Chain of Survival - 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