Basic Life Support Field Guide

Canadian Red Cross Basic Life Support Field Guide. Utilized by BLS, Oxygen Therapy and Airway Management course students in Kelowna, BC.

The Canadian Red Cross Basic Life Support Field Guide reference manual is a pocket-sized, spiral bound 52 page, full-color text book with a soft red and white cover. The Basic Life Support Field Guide is available as a downloadable PDF, and in printed edition for BLS course students. The BLS Field Guide is a smaller, more portable companion book to the Comprehensive Guide to First Aid and the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Care for Professional Responders text book.

You will refer to the BLS Field Guide throughout your Canadian Red Cross Basic Life Support, Oxygen Therapy, or Airway Management course in Kelowna and Vacouver, BC. A significant part of your Basic Life Support training involves familiarizing yourself with the Field Guide, and learning how to use it as an on the spot guide when you encounter an emergency.

The information in the Canadian Red Cross BLS Field Guide follows the guidelines from the most currently recognized International Liaison Committee on Rescuscitation (ILCOR) and Canadian Consensus on Science and Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) recommendations.

Your Canadian Red Cross certified BLS instructor will provide you with a classroom copy of the Basic Life Support Field Guide to utilize in your BLS course. You can also download a PDF copy of the Wilderness First Aid Field Guide for free, and keep it stored for quick, easy access on your computer, laptop, tablet and smartphone.

Basic Life Support Field Guide contents:

Basic Life Support Terminology

Part 1. Introduction to Basic Life Support

Legal Issues

Part 2. Basic Life Support Skills

Glove Removal
Primary Assessment
CPR
Airway Obstruction
Assisted Ventilation

Part 3. Airway Management

Anatomical Terminology
Opening the Mouth
Airway Adjuncts
Suction

Part 4. Oxygen Therapy

Pulse Oximetry
Supplemental Oxygen

Part 5. Basic Life Support

Special Considerations
Trauma
Hypothermia
Opioid Overdose
Anaphylaxis
Six Rights of Medication
High-Performance CPR
Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
High-Performance Team Communication
Post-Event Debrief

How to Download a Free Copy

After you have completed a Canadian Red Cross Basic Life Support, Oxygen Therapy, or Airway Management course, your name will be added and uploaded to a corresponding course roster on the Canadian Red Cross MyRC platform. This will activate your access to the BLS Field Guide through your online MyRC Profile at myrc.redcross.ca.

Click here for instructions on how to create your MyRC profile if you haven't done so already, then follow the steps below to access and download the Canadian Red Cross BLS Field Guide.

Create and/or login to your Canadian Red Cross MyRC Profile.
Click the "My Profile" tab
Click the "My Digital Books" tab
Click "Basic Life Support Field Guide" from the corresponding list of links
View and/or download the PDF file that opens from your web browser