CardioPulmonary Resuscitation - CPR
Heartsaver CPR
Course Description:
The Heartsaver CPR Course is a modular course that teaches lay rescuers how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies, including cardiac arrest and choking for adult, child and infant victims. Students also learn to recognize the warning signs of heart attack and stroke in adults and breathing difficulties in children. The program is divided into three different courses, providing choices.
- Heartsaver CPR for All Ages
This course teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction in the adult, infant and child. - Heartsaver CPR for Adults
This course teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for the adult. - Heartsaver CPR for Infants and Children
This course teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for infants (birth to 1 year of age) and children (1 year to 8 years of age).
Course Length:
- All ages: 5 1/2 - 6 hours.
Adult only: 3 hours.
Infant/child only: 3 hours.
Intended Audience:
All lay rescuers, such as employees in the workplace, day care employees, babysitters, firefighters, police, airline personnel, security guards, family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, other lay rescuers, and those who may have a need to respond to an emergency
Student Materials:
Heartsaver CPR Text, Required
Card Type: Course completion card (modular)
Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card
Healthcare Provider CPR
Course Description:
The BLS Healthcare Provider Course teaches CPR skills for helping victims of all ages (including doing ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It's intended for participants who provide heath care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital. For certified or noncertified, licensed or nonlicensed healthcare professionals.
Course Length: 6-8 hours
Intended Audience:
Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician's assistants, residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.
Student Materials:
Required
BLS for Healthcare Providers
Recommended for licensed or certified healthcare professionals.
Or
Fundamentals of BLS for Healthcare Providers
Recommended for non-licensed providers and those with a minimal healthcare background who are required to take this course for employment.
Card Type: Course completion
Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card