Basic Life Support
Objectives
After the Basic Life Support course students will:
- Know the Chain of Survival;
- Identify a collapsed victim, knowing how to assess the responsiveness, proceed with assessment of the airway and check if the victim is breathing;
- Perform chest compressions;
- Know the Portuguese Emergency System.
General characterization
Code
11104
Credits
0,5
Responsible teacher
Prof. Doutor Pedro Póvoa
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Bibliography
Teaching method
Seminar, classes and training
Evaluation method
The evaluation has 3 components:
1. BLS mass training (0-2 points)
2. Course BLS-lay person (0-10 points)
3. MCQ test (0-8 points)*
* Important it is necessary the frequency with success in the BLS layperson course to attend the MCQ test
Subject matter
BLS Mass Training (2 groups of +/-145 students; divided into morning and afternoon)
a) introduction to the project - 10min
b) expository session (review of Basic Life Support algorithm) - 20min
c) practice and training with dummy - 90min
d) individual assessment of each candidate - 30 to 40 minutes
e) final plenary session and closure - 10min
Seminar - The Portuguese Emergency System. Pre- and in-hospital emergency.
Survival Chain and post-resuscitation care.
BLS lay person
PROGRAM TYPE (student ratio: Monitor - 6:1)
08:30 to 08:35 Introduction
08:35 to 08:45 Chain of Survival (theoretical support)
08:45 to 09:10 Risks to the rescuer
Basic Life Support
09:10 to 09:20 Airway clearance
09:20 to 09:30 Basic Life Support Algorithm
09:30 to 09:50 Break
09:50 to 10:00 Demonstration
10:00 to 12:40 Basic Life Support / practice and training
12:40 to 12:50 Meeting with Monitors
12:50 to 13:00 Closing and evaluation