
BLS Pre-course Study Links
This page contains various external links to assist participants with their pre-course studies. Although useful, these do not replace the information in your texts or handbooks:
One of the new 2015 Guideline changes with BLS is the two Chains of Survival:


Resuscitation Website screen shots reproduced with permission from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, 2016.
2015 Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care in Circulation Journals:
(Part 4, 5,6,10, 11, 14) Individual chapter links below.
Main link is:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/16_suppl_1.toc
Part 4 - Systems of Care and Continuous Quality Improvement: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/18_suppl_2/S397.full.pdf+html
Part 5 - Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/18_suppl_2/S414.full.pdf+html
Part 6 - Alternative Techniques and Ancillary Devices for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/18_suppl_2/S436.full.pdf+html
Part 10 - Special Circumstances of Resuscitation: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/18_suppl_2/S501.full.pdf+html
Part 11 - Pediatric Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/18_suppl_2/S519.full.pdf+html
Part 14 - Education: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/18_suppl_2/S561.full.pdf+html
HSF Covid-19 Interim Resuscitation Algorithms : https://files.constantcontact.com/af8bfc64301/4461e2c0-c206-48f5-8d86-970233d336e6.pdf
ILCOR Covid-19 Guidelines : https://www.ilcor.org/covid-19