Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification Course
General Concepts of Basic Life Support
BLS for Adults
Use of Automated External Defibrillator
BLS for Children (1 to 8 years)
BLS for Infants (0 to 12 months)
AED for Children and Infants
Airway Management
Relief of Choking
BLS Skills Training
BLS Certification Exam
Airway Management
Until an advanced airway is inserted, the rescue team should use mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask, or bag-mask ventilation. An advanced airway (supraglottic airway, laryngeal mask airway, or endotracheal tube) provides a more stable way of providing breaths and should, therefore, be inserted as early as possible in a resuscitation effort. Once an advanced airway is in place, the compression to breath ratio should be adjusted as noted below (Table 1).
Take Note
The compression rate for all persons is always 100-120 per minute.
Compression to Breath Ratio | No Advanced Airway | Advanced Airway |
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Adult | 30 compressions followed by two breaths | One breath every 6 seconds without pauses in compressions |
Child/Infant | 30 compressions followed by two breaths for one rescuer 15 compressions followed by two breaths for two rescuer | One breath every 6 seconds without pauses in compressions One breath every 2-3 seconds (20-30 breaths per minute) |
Table 1