© 2016 American Heart Association
Printed in the United States of America: Integracolor, LTD., 3210 Innovative Way, Mesquite,
Texas, USA 75149
ISBN: 978-1-61669-474-6. International English (IVE) edition 15-2804. Print date: 2/16
Original English edition
Basic Life Support Provider Manual
,© 2016 American Heart Association
International English ebook edition © 2016 American Heart Association. ISBN: 978-1-
61669-473-9
Acknowledgments
The American Heart Association thanks the following people for their
contributions to the development of this manual: Mary Fran Hazinski,
RN, MSN; Andrew H. Travers, MD, MSc; Sandra K. Eustice, NREMT,
EMS I/C; Brenda Schoolfield; and the AHA BLS Project Team.
To find out about any updates or corrections to this
text, visit www.international.heart.org, navigate to
the page for this course, and click on “Updates.”
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, Part 1
General Concepts
Introduction
BLS Course Objectives
Provider Manual
Age Definitions
Boxes
Review Questions
Student Notes
High-Quality CPR
Your Approach to a Resuscitation
Attempt
Personal Protective Equipment
The Chain of Survival
Learning Objectives
Adult Chain of Survival
Chain of Survival for an In-Hospital
Cardiac Arrest
Chain of Survival for an Out-of-
Hospital Cardiac Arrest