Heartsaver First Aid & CPR AED

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Heartsaver First Aid with CPR & AED is a classroom course that is designed to meet OSHA requirements.

(This course is NOT for Healthcare Providers.  If you work or plan to work in a healthcare environment please take BLS – Basic Life Support to fulfill your CPR requirement.)

After successfully completely this course, students should be able to:

• List the priorities, roles and responsibilities of the first aid rescue
• Describe the key steps in first aid
• Remove protective gloves
•  Find the problem
• Describe the assessment 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 and bandaging
• Recognize elements of common injuries
• Recognize elements of common illnesses
• Describe how to find information on preventing illness and injury
• 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
• Perform as a team member during multi-rescuer CPR
• 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 (optional)
• Perform high-quality CPR for an infant (optional)
•  Describe how to use an AED on an infant (optional)
• Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
• Demonstrate how to help a choking infant (optional)