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Basic Life Support: Healthcare and Professional Rescuers
ISBN: 0073296902


National Safety Council's-Basic Life Support: Healthcare and Professional Rescuers presents core content needed to meet the credentials for the professional rescuer CPR course. Included in this 100 page manual is material on rescue breathing, AED in cardiac emergencies, and airway obstruction. In this manual, technical information is presented in a way to enhance effective learning. Included are end of chapter scenarios that ask students questions to stimulate learning. With products from the NSC you are getting content that meets the 2005 Emergency Cardiac Care Guidelines and techniques, nationally recognized completion cards, and superior instructors support material.


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Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Role of the Professional Rescuer
  • Chapter 2: Preventing Infectious Disease
  • Chapter 3: Victim Assessment and Basic Life Support
  • Chapter 4: Basic Life Support 1: Rescue Breathing
  • Chapter 5: Basic Life Support 2: Cardiac Emergencies and CPR
  • Chapter 6: Basic Life Support 3: Airway Obstruction
  • Chapter 7: Basic Life Support 4: AED in Cardiac Emergencies
  • Chapter 8: Special Resuscitation Situations
  • Chapter 9: Advanced Resuscitation
  • Appendix A Review Questions
  • Appendix B Answers to Case Scenarios and Review Questions
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Features

  • Coverage on the role of the professional rescuer is included.
  • This text meets federal guidelines from the CDC, OSHA, and NFPA.
  • This text covers basic life support, including rescue breathing, cardiac emergencies and CPR, airway obstruction, and AED
  • Supplements and Resources

    1. Instructor's Resource Kit to accompany Basic Life Support ISBN: 0073295906
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