Heartsaver CPR/AED course:
The Heartsaver CPR/AED course is intended for all individuals who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements, including: daycare workers; security guards, airline personnel, police, firefighters. It is also appropriate for lay rescuers who may have a need to respond to an emergency in the workplace, and family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death.
Choose a course: ORIGINAL | RENEWAL | ONLINE | SKILLS TEST
The Heartsaver CPR/AED course is intended for all individuals who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements, including: daycare workers; security guards, airline personnel, police, firefighters. It is also appropriate for lay rescuers who may have a need to respond to an emergency in the workplace, and family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death.
Choose a course: ORIGINAL | RENEWAL | ONLINE | SKILLS TEST
What does this course teach?
- 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
- Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
- 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*
- Perform high-quality CPR for an infant*
- Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
- Demonstrate how to help a choking infant*
You Have the Power to Restart a Heart. We Can Show You How.
Are you one of the 50% who can locate an automated defibrillator
at work? With 10,000 cardiac arrests annually in the workplace, you have the potential to save thousands of lives. Immediate CPR and use of an AED can double, or even triple, survival rates. Is your workforce prepared?
Are you one of the 50% who can locate an automated defibrillator
at work? With 10,000 cardiac arrests annually in the workplace, you have the potential to save thousands of lives. Immediate CPR and use of an AED can double, or even triple, survival rates. Is your workforce prepared?
Why Implement an AED Program?
Is your workforce prepared to respond to a workplace cardiac or first aid emergency? New research says 50% may not be. With 10,000 cardiac arrests annually in the workplace, the American Heart Association launched a campaign advocating for workplace First Aid, CPR, AED training and public access to AEDs.
Is your workforce prepared to respond to a workplace cardiac or first aid emergency? New research says 50% may not be. With 10,000 cardiac arrests annually in the workplace, the American Heart Association launched a campaign advocating for workplace First Aid, CPR, AED training and public access to AEDs.