First Aid/CPR/AED

 

One of our most popular courses, it is great for community needs. This course combines lectures, demonstrations and video with hands-on training and practice. Participants in this course learn to recognize and respond to emergencies including shock, cardiac and breathing emergencies for adults, children and infants, heat and cold emergencies, sudden illnesses and poisonings. Additionally, participants will learn first aid for everything from cuts and scrapes to muscle, bone and joint injuries.

 

Adult CPR

American Red Cross adult CPR training complements a variety of learning styles with hands-on practice and real-life scenarios. Our take-away materials are designed for use both in the course and outside the classroom as reference tools.

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

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.

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

  • Recognize an Emergency
  • Protect yourself and others
  • Check-Call-Care
  • How to care for a child or infant who is choking
  • Prioritizing care
  • Recognize and care for a child or infant who is not breathing
  • Care for cardiac emergencies

AED - Adult and Child

This course teaches participants the skills and knowledge needed to provide care for adults experiencing sudden cardiac arrest through the safe use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Also to learn how to use an AED with pediatric AED pads on child victims between the ages of 1 and 8 or less than 55 pounds. A current American Red Cross CPR - Adult and Child certificate is a prerequisite for this training.

AED training teaches participants:

  • What defibrillation is and how it works
  • The causes of sudden cardiac arrest
  • The role of CPR in cardiac arrest
  • How to use an AED, including precautions when using and AED