Basic Life Support in Care Settings
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Recognise cardiac arrest, including abnormal breathing; and call for help, start CPR and use a defibrillator.
- Assign to
- All staff
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 10-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Recognise cardiac arrest, including abnormal breathing.
- Call for help, start CPR and use a defibrillator.
- Know how DNACPR and ReSPECT decisions affect what you do.
- Help someone who is choking.
The course
- 01Recognising cardiac arrest
- 02CPR and the defibrillator
- 03DNACPR and ReSPECT
- 04Choking
The decision they practise
In “Glen on the floor”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “The chain of survival” and “Two lunches”.
How you know they finished
The 10-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 10-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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