American Heart Association (AHA)
Basic Life Support (BLS) Course

Course Background
Basic life support (BLS) training reinforces healthcare professionals’ understanding of the importance of early CPR and defibrillation, performing CPR, choking relief, using an AED, and the role of each link in the Chain of Survival. This video-based, instructor-led  AHA’s BLS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Course Test
To complete the BLS Course for Healthcare Providers, Candidate should able to demonstrate the skills of adult and infant CPR and use of AEDs  
A post-course written MCQ examination will be issued. Passing rate is 84%.
Language  : English , supplemented with Cantonese

Course Venue
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Tsuen Wan
Clinical Training Center, School of Nursing Skills Laboratory
4/F, Old Wing
199 Tsuen King Circuit, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
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School of Nursing Union Hospital
21/F Citimark, 28 Yuen Shun Circuit,
Shatin, N.T.
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Time (half-day course)
08:30 – 12:30 (AM course)
13:30 – 17:30 (PM course)
Please be punctual. Student who is late for > 20 min will not be allowed to join the class

Course Fee (half-day course)
HK$680
HK$630 for HKCEM Fellows / Trainees; HA Staff and TWAH / UH Nursing student
HK$610 for TWAH / UH Staff

Intended Candidate
Personnel who are working in emergency, intensive care, critical care or acute departments/wards; emergency medical providers such as medical officers, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics and other professionals who need to respond to a cardiovascular emergency in infants and children.

Class Capacity
12 candidates per class

Accreditation 2021

College

Max. for
whole
function

CMC/CPD
Category

AN – Anaesthesiologists

3

ana-active

CM – Community Medicine

2

PP

DS – Dental Surgeons

3

Cat. B

EM(F) – Emergency Medicine (Fellow)

2.5

IP

EM(T) – Emergency Medicine (Trainee)

2.5

Cat. A

FP – Family Physicians

3

Cat. 5.2

OG – Obstericians & Gynaecologists

2.75

Non-O&G

OP – Ophthalmologists

3

passive

OS – Orthopadeic Surgeons

3

Cat. B

OT – Otorhinolaryngologists

2.5

Cat. 2

PD – Paediatricians

pending

 

PA – Pathologists

2

IC

PH – Physicians

1.5

–

PS – Psychiatrists

2.5

PP/OP List B

RA – Radiologists

2

Cat. B

SU – Surgeons

2.5

passive

MCHK CME Programme

3

passive

CNE Points

3.5

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Faculty
American Heart Association accredited BLS Instructors

Application Deadline
First comes first serve

Enrollment Method
Online Registration

Program Schedule
Download AM rundown Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Tsuen Wan
Download PM rundown Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Tsuen Wan
Download Rundown – Nursing school of Union Hospital