Chesapeake Health Education Program

Course Info

CPR: Basic Life Support

Friday, April 9, 2010

This course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages. It incorporates the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and relief of Foreign Body Airway Obstructions (FBAO's). This course is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings. All participants who complete this course will be able to demonstrate the skills of CPR, mouth-to-mask and bag-mask ventilation, use of AED's, and relief of FBAO for the responsive victim. All participants who successfully complete the course, including the written examination and skills demonstration, will receive a BLS for Healthcare Providers Course completion card. Certification Period - 2 Years. *Pre-Registration Required.

Learning Objectives:

	Demonstrate adult, child and infant one and two-rescuer CPR techniques
	Demonstrate proficiency in the use of the AED
	Demonstrate the approach to manage foreign body airway obstruction.

Faculty:

Schedule:

Friday, April 9, 2010
Registration 8:00am
Program 8:30am - 12:30pm

Location:

VAMC Perry Point - Bldg. 82H/Conference Room, Perry Point, MD 21902 (Area Map/Directions)

Pricing:

General Registration Fee prior to 3/26/2010 $65 After 3/26/2010 $75
VA Registration Fee (Manual Included) prior to 3/26/2010 $25 After 3/26/2010 $35
VA Registration Fee (Manual Not Included) prior to 3/26/2010 $10 After 3/26/2010 $20

Contact Hours:

	4
ANCC - Nurse	4
ADA - Dentist/Dental Hygienist	4
DANB - Dental Assistant	4

Lunch:

Not Included

Enrollment
Limit:

Location
Map:

View Area Map

Directions:

From I-95 take exit 93 (Perryville) and head South on Route 222, through the intersection of Route 40. Follow Route 222 South (Aiken Ave.) to its end at Broad St. Turn right on Broad St. which leads directly to the Medical Center. NOTE: Crossing the Susquehanna River Bridge, there is a $5 toll Northbound only, immediately before your exit.

NOTE: You will need to follow the BURGUNDY signs to the Parking Lot for Building 82H/Conference Room. As you are walking toward the building from the parking lot, please go past the glass entrance to the main door and you will see the conference room immediately upon your entrance to the building.

SPECIAL NOTE: The driving directions below will get you to a point outside of the Perry Point Medical Centers Gate. Please continue on Broad Street and enter the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and then follow the directions listed above!

Driving
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