Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED

Fees

Registration Fee: $85
Provider Manual: Purchase $18

The Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED course is designed to prepare students to provide first aid and CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Heartsaver courses are intended for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

After Successful completion, students should be able to:

• list the priorities, roles, and responsibilities of the first aid rescuer
• describe the key steps in first aid
• describe the assessment of and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: heart attack, difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, shock, and stroke
• use an epinephrine pen
• control bleeding
• recognize elements of common injuries and illnesses
• recognize the legal questions that apply to first aid rescuers
• 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 alone or as a team member during multi-rescuer CPR (child and infant CPR modules are optional)
• give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a barrier device for all age groups
• demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult (child and infant AED modules are optional)
• describe when and how to help a choking adult or child (infant choking module is optional).

Upon successful completion of the course, including a first aid skills demonstration and a CPR and AED skills test, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course completion card that is valid for two yea

This course is appropriate for the following:

• Security
• law enforcement
• state correctional facilities
• Members of volunteer organizations
• colleges and universities
• hospitality
• health and fitness
• property management
• construction
• occupational and environmental health and safety
• child care, foster parents
• manufacturing
• education
• airline

— and any others where having a workforce of trained lay responders may prove invaluable for the safety of both customers and employees.

Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED

• Taking off gloves
• Finding the problem
• Epinephrine pen use
• Stopping bleeding
• Adult CPR AED
• Child CPR AED (OPTIONAL)
• Infant CPR (OPTIONAL)

Heartsaver First Aid

• Taking off gloves
• Finding the problem
• Epinephrine pen use
• Stopping bleeding