Basic Life Support (BLS)

An emergency situation can happen anywhere and at any time, and usually when you least expect it.

Fortunately, you rarely encounter such serious incidents, which makes it all the more important to refresh, practice, and train life-saving immediate measures (Basic Life Support BLS) and procedures regularly! Because the first few minutes with an unconscious, non-breathing person are the most critical. Effective chest compressions are central to successful resuscitation and essentially determine the course and outcome for the person affected.

For this reason, we focused on the topic of emergency situations and resuscitation during one of our internal continuing education sessions at BodyLab osteopathy and Physiotherapy | Rehabilitation and Training in Zurich.

We wanted to refresh our knowledge and be as well-prepared as possible for an emergency at the clinic or in everyday life.

That’s why we invited Patric Egger from reaplus GmbH. Patric trained us for an entire afternoon in emergency situations according to the latest guidelines of the Swiss Resuscitation Council (SRC), going through many different scenarios with us both theoretically and practically.

Since the course took place right here at our BodyLab clinic, we were able to carry out the practical exercises directly in our familiar working environment.

As of this year, we have also acquired an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) for the BodyLab premises. Patric instructed us thoroughly on how to use and operate our specific device and explained everything in detail.

Using a training AED that matched our exact model, we were able to practice and train the deployment and procedure of resuscitation with manual chest compressions and AED support on test dummies.

During resuscitation, we all started sweating pretty quickly and realized once again just how exhausting properly performed manual chest compressions really are. And how glad you are in such a situation when you're not alone, but have the support of others…

Thanks to the course, we all refreshed our existing knowledge, and we now feel more confident and prepared if an emergency should ever arise—which, of course, we hope will never happen…

We would like to thank Patric Egger from reaplus GmbH, who delivered a very instructive, exciting, and entertaining course for all of us with his expert knowledge and practical examples.

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