The following American Heart Association First Aid & CPR courses are available:
BLS (Basic Life Support)
Description
BLS courses deliver information and skills training on:
Rapid Assessment and Visual Survey
CPR/AED for Adults, Children and Infants
Obstructed Airways
Opioid Overdoses
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Communication and Teamwork
The Emergency Medical Services System
Legal Considerations,
Precautions
Designed for medical personnel, healthcare professionals, public safety personnel, and first-responders, physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, nurse assistants, dentists, physical therapists, pharmacists, paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians (AEMTs), emergency medical technicians (EMTs), firefighters, law enforcement, emergency medical responders (EMRs)
Designed also for students entering the field
Heartsaver CPR AED
Adult Child Infant
Adult Child
Child Infant
Description
CPR training classes gives an individual the information and the skills needed to help adults, children and infants during breathing and cardiac emergencies.
AED training courses allow individuals to learn how – and when – to use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Designed for healthcare workers (who do not require BLS)
Appropriate for anyone with little or no medical training
Course Content
Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
Recognize when someone needs CPR
Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
Perform high-quality CPR for a child*
Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child*
Perform high-quality CPR for an infant*
Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
Demonstrate how to help a choking infant*
Heartsaver First Aid
Adult First Aid/CPR/AED
Pediatrics First Aid/CPR/AED
First Aid
Description
The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course trains participants to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
Designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements, or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
First Aid courses deliver information and skills training on:
First aid basics
Medical emergencies
Injury emergencies
Environmental emergencies
Preventing illness and injury
Adult CPR and AED use
Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies
Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
Family and Friends
Description
The Family & Friends CPR Course teaches the lifesaving skills of adult Hands-Only CPR, adult CPR with breaths, child CPR with breaths, adult and child AED use, infant CPR, and mild and severe airway block for adults, children, and infants. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment using the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible.
Course Content
Adult Hands-Only CPR and AED
Adult CPR With Breaths (Optional)
Mild and Severe Airway Block: How to Help a Choking Adult (Optional)
Child CPR and AED (Optional)
Mild and Severe Airway Block: How to Help a Choking Child (Optional)
Infant CPR (Optional)
Mild and Severe Airway Block: How to Help a Choking Infant (Optional)
CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
Available for nurses, social workers, teachers and day care providers and other professionals
Approved as an Accredited Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)/
The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 1.00 contact hours