Pre-requisites

• Employed as a clinician within CALHN for a minimum of 1 year.

• Current with mandatory BLS requirements.

Aim of Program

To provide a program to accredit staff as in-hospital BLS Instructors within CALHN.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Instructor program participants will:

• Demonstrate proficient BLS knowledge and skills.
• Deliver BLS sessions in the workplace according to current Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines.
• Understand the role and responsibilities of the BLS instructor.
• Apply adult learning and teaching skills in the instruction of BLS.
• Explain and apply Work Health & Safety (WH&S) and Infection Control principles as related to BLS.

Program Content

• Role and responsibilities of the BLS Instructor.
• Teaching and Assessing BLS.
• Care of BLS Equipment.
• WH&S Considerations.
• Practical Teaching Session.

Assessment Criteria  

• Attendance at a 1 day workshop.
  
• Instruct a BLS practical session under the direct supervision of the program co-ordinator or delegate within 6 weeks of completing the CALHN BLSI program.

Prior to Attendance

• Participants should source information from the ARC ANZCOR Guidelines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8   available at:  https://resus.org.au/guidelines.
• Completion of the BLS Instructor workbook which will be emailed directly to participants prior to program commencement.

Dates

All sessions 0800-1630

DATE	VENUE	APPLICATIONS CLOSE
20 February 2020	TQEH	06 February 2020
08 May 2020	RAH	24 April 2020
11 September 2020	RAH	28 August 2020
07 October 2020	TQEH	23 September 2020
16 November 2020	RAH	02 November 2020

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