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BLS, in the health context, is an acronym for Basic Life Support. Basic Life Support (BLS) is a specific level of prehospital medical care provided by trained responders, including emer in the absence of advanced medical care. Basic Life Support consists of a number of life-saving techniques focused on the "ABC"s of pre-hospital emergency care: * Airway: the protection and maintenance of patient airway including the use of airway adjuncts such as an oral or nasal airway * Breathing: the actual flow of air through respiration, natural or artificial respiration, often assisted by emergency oxygen * Circulation: the movement of blood through the beating of the heart or the emergency measure of CPR Source: Wikipedia

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