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CPR and AED
Courses
The American Heart
Association’s Emergency Cardiovascular Care Programs deliver a dynamic message
of hope — the hope of saving lives. New treatments have improved the
possibility of survival from cardiovascular emergencies, cardiac arrest, and
stroke. These new treatments offer the hope of improved quality of life for
people who suffer these events. Increasing public awareness of the importance
of early intervention and ensuring greater public access to defibrillation will
save many lives. ECC programs educate healthcare providers, caregivers, and the
general public about how to respond to these emergencies. ECC programs
train more than 9 million people every year.
Available programs include:
BLS for Healthcare Providers
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Description: |
The
BLS for Healthcare Providers Course covers core material such as adult and
pediatric CPR (including two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bagmask),
foreign-body airway obstruction, and automated external defibrillation. |
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| Audience: |
For
healthcare providers such as EMS personnel, physician assistants, doctors,
dentists, nurses, and respiratory therapists who must have a credential
(card) documenting successful completion of a CPR course. |
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BLS
for Healthcare Provider Course Completion Card |
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Written Exam/
Skills Test: |
Written Exam and Skills Test |
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Heartsaver CPR
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Description: |
The Heartsaver CPR Course teaches CPR
and relief of choking in adults and children, and infant CPR and relief of
choking, and use of barrier devices for all ages. |
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For those who have a duty to respond
to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory
requirements. |
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Heartsaver CPR Course Completion Card |
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Written Exam/
Skills Test: |
Skills Test |
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Heartsaver AED
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Description: |
The Heartsaver AED Course teaches CPR,
AED use, relief of choking in adults and children, and infant CPR and relief
of choking, and use of barrier devices for all ages. |
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For those who have a duty to respond
to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory
requirements. |
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Heartsaver AED Course Completion Card |
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Written Exam/
Skills Test: |
Skills Test |
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Heartsaver
First Aid
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Description: |
The Heartsaver First Aid Course
teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until
professional help arrives. Course content includes General Principles,
Medical Emergencies, and Injury Emergencies. Optional topics include CPR and
AED, and Environmental Emergencies. |
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For those who have a duty to respond
to first aid or cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or
regulatory requirements. |
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| Card Type: |
Heartsaver First Aid Course Completion
Card |
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Written Exam/
Skills Test: |
Written Test (First Aid)
Skills Test (CPR/AED) |
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Heartsaver
Pediatric First Aid
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Description: |
The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid
Course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in a child in the first
few minutes until professional help arrives. Topics include First Aid
Basics, Medical Emergencies, Injury Emergencies, Environmental Emergencies,
Optional First Aid Topics, and CPR and AED. |
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For those involved in child care who
have a duty to respond to a first aid emergency because of job
responsibilities or regulatory requirements, such as child care workers,
teachers, foster care workers, camp counselors, youth organizations, and
coaches for children’s sports organizations. |
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Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid Course
Completion Card |
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Written Exam/
Skills Test: |
Written Test (First Aid)
Skills Test (CPR/AED) |
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Heartsaver CPR in
Schools
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Description: |
The Heartsaver CPR in Schools Course,
tailored to middle- and highschool students, teaches CPR and AED use, relief
of choking in adults and children, and infant CPR and relief of choking. |
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For middle and highschool students
seeking a credential in CPR and AED. |
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| Card Type: |
Heartsaver CPR in Schools Course
Completion Card |
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Written Exam/
Skills Test: |
Skills Test |
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Family and
Friends CPR
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Description: |
The Family & Friends CPR program
teaches how to perform CPR in adults, children, or infants and how to help
an adult, child, or infant who is choking. |
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Family members, friends and members of
the general community who want to learn CPR but do not need a course
completion card. This program also can be a non-credentialed option for
middle and high-school students. |
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| Card Type: |
Participation Card |
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Written Exam/
Skills Test: |
None |
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