FIRST AID/ CPR/ AED CERTIFICATIONS

COURSE DURATIONS:

  • First Aid: 5.5 hrs.
  • Adult CPR: 3.75 hrs.
  • Infant & Child CPR: 5.5 hrs.
  • AED: 2 hrs.

Offered:

CPR - June 6th & 7th (5-9PM)

First Aid - June 8th (5-10PM) & 17th (9AM-2PM)

Cost: $35

American Red Cross First Aid/ CDR/ AED: Everyone should have this regardless of whether or not you work in a teaching environment. If you do, then you must! We open our class to the general public, and with our extensive training equipment and quality instruction, we will give you the confidence you need if such an occasion should arise.

ABOUT STANDARD FIRST AID - (5.5 hours)

Prepare your staff with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, recognize, and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. This course covers first aid and adult CPR. Workplace Training: Standard First Aid with AED is available in a 6.5 hour course with AED training included.

Our American Red Cross Standard First Aid training complements adult learning styles with hands-on practice and real-life scenarios. Our take-away materials help employees to retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency. This comprehensive course meets training guidelines for first aid established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Topics covered include:

  • How to determine the safe response to an emergency situation.
  • Recognizing and caring for life-threatening emergencies in adults, such as respiratory, choking and cardiac problems.
  • Caring for injuries including severe cuts and burns, sprains and strains.
  • Caring for sudden illnesses such as poisonings, bites and stings.
  • Recognizing and caring for heat- and cold-related emergencies.
  • Automated External Defibrillation (AED) information.
  • Workplace emergency planning.

Adult CPR - (3.75 hours)

For employers who need adult CPR training only, this hands-on skills training prepares participants to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults. Adult CPR/AED is available in a 4.5 hour course with AED training included.

American Red Cross adult CPR training complements a variety of learning styles with hands-on practice and real-life scenarios. Our take-away materials help employees retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency.

Combining lecture, video demonstrations and hands-on manikin training, this course teaches participants to:

  • Call and work with EMS
  • Perform CPR and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies
  • Avoid bloodborne pathogens exposure
  • Know the role of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the Cardiac Chain of Survival

Infant and Child CPR - (5.5 hours)

Designed for childcare providers, teachers, parents and others who care for children, this course prepares participants to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants and children up to 8 years. Participants take home a refresher skills card as well as information about preventing injuries. Infant CPR is also available separately as a 3.5 hour course that applies to infants up to 12 months; Child CPR (4 hours) is available separately and applies to children age 1 to 8 years.

Whether you're a professional childcare provider, teacher or parent, you invest daily in a child's future. Trust the American Red Cross to help you make sure they reach their future safely. Backed by over 90 years of lifesaving experience, the American Red Cross offers the most comprehensive, current and high quality infant and child CPR programs available. Our infant and child CPR training is based on the latest scientific findings. Your American Red Cross representative will work with you to meet your specific training needs.

Save Time, Save Lives:

With the American Red Cross, you can meet all your training needs in one convenient day. Have your training on-site or at your local Red Cross chapter. Or prepare selected employees to train the rest of your staff. Have the satisfaction of knowing your infants and children are safe because their caregivers' emergency and safety skills came from the very best in safety training.

Choose the Program that's Right for You:

  • Infant and Child CPR (5.5 hours) - applies to infants and children up to 8 years.
  • Infant CPR (3.5 hours) - applies to infants up to 12 months.
  • Child CPR (4 hours) - applies to children age 1 to 8 years.

What You Will Learn:

  • Recognizing an Emergency. What are some unusual sights appearances or behaviors in infants or children that can help you recognize an emergency situation?
  • Protecting Yourself. What precautions can you take to protect yourself from disease transmission when giving care?
  • Check-Call-Care. Once you recognize an emergency, remain calm and follow the emergency action steps: Check-Call-Care.
  • How to care for a conscious child who is choking.
  • Prioritizing care. In an emergency with more than one victim, how would you determine which victim needs care first?
  • How to give rescue breaths.
  • Care for cardiac emergencies.

Take-home tip sheets help keep kids safe:

  • Check it Out -- a Safety checklist.
  • Child Passenger Safety Tips
  • Choking Prevention for Infants and Children
  • Fire Safety Tips
  • Playground Safety
  • Poison Prevention
  • Sun Exposure
  • Water Safety Tips

Plus, skill cards that include pictures and steps for all the skills you learn. Purchase extra copies for your car, boat or first aid kit. Give them to friends, family, babysitters and others who care for children.

AED Essentials - (2 hours)

This course teaches individuals currently certified in Adult CPR how to safely use an AED to provide care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

This course teaches individuals currently certified in Adult CPR how to safely use an AED to provide care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Focusing on typical automated external defibrillator (AED) equipment, this course features hands-on simulation, lecture, and live and video demonstrations. Participants learn to:

  • Call and work with EMS
  • Use an AED on a victim of sudden cardiac arrest.