Basic Life Support (BLS)

The AHA’s BLS for Healthcare Providers course is intended for prehospital providers such as EMTs, paramedics, fire fighters, and in-facility hospital providers. The 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. The full BLS Provider Course takes approximately 4.5 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing and the BLS Renewal Course takes approximately 3 hours to complete, including skills practice and testing.

Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years.

 

Ski Patrol members must maintain BLS certification and demonstrate skills annually with a BLS instructor. 

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Red Lodge Fire Rescue will provide the full course for the candidate class on 28 Sep 2024 at the fire station. Patrollers whose certification has expired should consider attending this full course. Patrollers who have current certification should attend the Renewal course at the RLFR station held on 24 Nov 2024.

 

Read the BLS Manual and register for the Renewal course.​​