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Heartsaver® Courses (All classroom Courses Include Hands on Practice)

Heartsaver courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for job, regulatory (for example, OSHA), or other requirements. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. For many Heartsaver courses, students receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years. Fitness Instructors, Teachers, Social Workers, etc.

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Course Options

Heartsaver classroom courses are video based, are instructor led, and feature group interaction and hands-on coaching and feedback from an American Heart Association Instructor. Skills are taught with the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique that allows students to practice skills as the video guides them. Classroom courses may also be conducted on-site at a company’s location.

Heartsaver® First Aid

Designed to meet OSHA regulations, this course covers first aid basics, consisting of the most common life-threatening emergencies, how to recognize them, how to call for help, and how to perform lifesaving skills.

100% classroom training means students are with an AHA Instructor for their entire learning experience.

Heartsaver® First Aid is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services arrives. Students learn duties and responsibilities of first aid rescuers; first aid actions for medical emergencies, including severe choking, heart attack, and stroke; and skills for handling injury and environmental emergencies, including external bleeding, broken bones and sprains, and bites and stings.

This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in first aid to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.

Features

Video-based course ensures consistency
Instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
Student Workbook comes with Heartsaver First Aid Quick Reference Guide that summarizes first aid actions for many injuries and illnesses
Course is updated with the new science from the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

Course Content

First aid basics
Medical emergencies
Injury emergencies
Environmental emergencies
Preventing illness and injury
Optional exam

Additional Information

After successfully completing this course, students should be able to

List the priorities, roles, and responsibilities of first aid rescuers
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

CE/CME credits are not offered for this course.

Heartsaver® CPR AED

This course will teach you to recognize cardiac arrest, get emergency care on the way quickly, and help a person until more advanced care arrives to take over. The course also covers adult choking and naloxone.

100% classroom training means students are with an AHA Instructor for their entire learning experience.

Heartsaver® CPR AED is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches adult CPR & AED use and how to relieve choking. Optional Modules: Child CPR and AED use and infant CPR may be added. This course teaches skills with the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills.

This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.

Features

Video-based course ensures consistency
Instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
Course is updated with the new science from the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR, including child and infant choking
- Optional exam

Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED

This course is designed to meet OSHA requirements and covers first aid basics and CPR and AED skills for adults, children, and infants.

100% classroom training means students are with an AHA Instructor for their entire learning experience.

Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills needed to respond to and manage an emergency until emergency medical services arrives. Skills covered in this course include first aid; choking relief in adults and CPR/AED. Optional Modules: CPR/AED for Children and Infants may be added.

This course teaches skills with the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills.

This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.

Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR, including child and infant choking
Optional exam

The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Course

The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Course is designed to meet the regulatory requirements for child care workers in all 50 United States. It teaches child care providers and others to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. The course covers the Four Steps of Pediatric First Aid and modules in Pediatric First Aid, Child/Infant/adult CPR AED and optional modules covering Asthma Care Training.

The modular classroom-based course is designed to be flexible and allow Instructors to teach either Pediatric First Aid, CPR AED or both.

Students may also wish to consider the combination or blended class: AHA Online course plus the Classroom Skills & Practice course.

The course covers child/infant CPR, child/infant AED, child/infant choking, and pediatric first aid. Adult modules in CPR, AED and choking are optional.

Heartsaver® Bloodborne Pathogens

Heartsaver® Bloodborne Pathogen - 2010 Guidelines Version

Updated Course Content Available Soon

This course teaches employees how to protect themselves and others from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials.
Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens is a classroom course that teaches employees how to protect themselves and others from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials.

This course is designed to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for bloodborne pathogens training when paired with site-specific instruction.

This course is designed for anyone with a reasonable chance of coming into contact with bloodborne pathogens such as:

Correctional Officers
Childcare workers
Security guards
Maintenance workers
School personnel
Hotel housekeepers
Health and fitness club staff
Tattoo artists

Features

Ideal for learners who prefer group interaction and feedback from an instructor
Content is based on the PACT acronym to reinforce critical learning points
Designed to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for bloodborne
pathogens training when paired with site-specific instruction
Available for first-time or renewal bloodborne pathogens training
Each student receives their own high quality course materials

Features

Video-based course ensures consistency
Instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
Course is updated with the new science from the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

Available as a Classroom or Online Class.

FAQ

Family & Friends® CPR Course

The Family & Friends CPR Course teaches the lifesaving skills of adult Hands-Only CPR, adult CPR with breaths, child CPR with breaths, adult and child AED use, infant CPR, and mild and severe airway block for adults, children, and infants. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment using the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible.

Family & Friends CPR is for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a CPR course completion card to meet a job requirement. This course is ideal for community groups, new parents, grandparents, babysitters, and others interested in learning how to save a life.

Features

Uses AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which improves learning and retention
Classroom format works well for learners who prefer group interaction and feedback while learning skills
Each student receives high-quality course materials for ongoing reference
HOW TO ENROLL IN ONE OF OUR POPULAR COURSES
1. Go to "Class Calendar - Schedule" on the Menu Bar.
2. Find the course, date and time that you wish to enroll in.
3. Click on the course name.
4. Click on "Register Here Now" (located on the right side of page).
5. Complete all required information on the enrollment Personal Information form. (Do not click on the Company Member Login button. This is for industrial accounts only!) Just complete the form and click on "Complete Registration" to submit.
6. Be sure to provide a good email address that you check on a regular basis. (Your instructor will make contact with you using your provided email address).
We will only cancel a class for weather related reasons. Even if only one student is enrolled in class it will be held!

Heartsaver® Blended Learning Courses

Heartsaver blended learning training offers flexibility for employers, students, and Instructors. The eLearning (online) portion of the course is designed to teach students the cognitive information needed for first aid and/or CPR and AED training. Upon completion of the online portion, students must complete hands-on session with an AHA BLS or Heartsaver Instructor focused on meaningful skills coaching, practice, and testing.

NEW 2015 Heartsaver Courses

eCards

CPR eCards Link

American Disabilities Act

eHealthCPR will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations for physically challenged attendees who require special services. Please attach a written description of needs to the application when registering for the course.

HOW TO ENROLL IN ONE OF OUR POPULAR COURSES

Go to "Calendar - Schedule" on the Menu Bar.

Find the course, date and time that you wish to enroll in.

Click on the course name.

Click on "Register Here Now" (located on the right side of page).

Complete all required information on the enrollment Personal Information form. (Do not click on the Company Member Login button. This is for industrial accounts only!) Just complete the form and click on "Complete Registration" to submit. Be sure to provide a good email address that you check on a regular basis. (Your instructor will make contact with you using your provided email address).

Sample Heartsaver^® CPR AED Course Agenda
With Optional Lessons Included

12 Students, 2 Heartsaver Instructors

Student-instructor ratio 6:1; student-manikin ratio 3:1

Total time: Approximately 4½ hours with optional modules

8:00-8:05	Lesson 1: Course Introduction
8:05-8:13	Lesson 1A: Life Is Why Activity (Optional)
8:13-9:08	Lesson 2: Adult CPR Part I: Scene Safety and Assessment Part II: Chest Compressions Part III: Giving Breaths (Mouth-to-Mouth) Part IV: Giving Breaths (With a Mask)
9:08-9:23	Lesson 3: Use an AED (Adult) Part I: AED Part II: Putting It All Together
9:23-9:25	Lesson 4: Help From Others
9:25-9:27	Lesson 5: Adult CPR AED Summary
9:27-9:47	Lesson 6: Adult CPR and AED Skills Test
9:47-9:52	Lesson 7: Naloxone
9:52-9:56	Lesson 8: Adult Choking
9:56-10:11	Break
10:11-10:16	Lesson 1: Child CPR AED Introduction OPTIONAL: Child
10:16-10:51	Lesson 2: Child CPR Part I: Scene Safety and Assessment Part II: Chest Compressions Part III: Giving Breaths (Mouth-to-Mouth) Part IV: Giving Breaths (With a Mask)
10:51-11:09	Lesson 3: Use an AED (Child) Part I: AED Part II: Putting It All Together
11:09-11:11	Lesson 4: Help From Others
11:11-11:13	Lesson 5: Child CPR AED Summary
11:13-11:25	Lesson 6: Child CPR Skills Test
11:25-11:29	Lesson 7: Child Choking
11:29-11:31	Lesson 1: Infant CPR Introduction Optional: Infant
11:31-12:03	Lesson 2: Infant CPR Part I: Scene Safety and Assessment Part II: Chest Compressions Part III: Giving Breaths (Mouth-to-Mouth) Part IV: Giving Breaths (With a Mask) Part V: Putting It All Together
12:03-12:05	Lesson 3: Infant CPR Summary
12:05-12:17	Lesson 4: Infant CPR Skills Test
12:17-12:22	Lesson 5: Infant Choking
12:22-12:24	Lesson 6: Course Conclusion

Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR, including child and infant choking
Optional exam

American Heart Association Classes

Heartsaver® Courses (All classroom Courses Include Hands on Practice)

Course Options

Heartsaver® First Aid

Course Content

Additional Information

Heartsaver® CPR AED

Heartsaver® CPR AED

Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED

The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Course

Heartsaver® Bloodborne Pathogens

Heartsaver® Bloodborne Pathogen - 2010 Guidelines Version

Heartsaver® Bloodborne Pathogen - 2010 Guidelines Version

Available as a Classroom or Online Class.

FAQ

Family & Friends® CPR Course

HOW TO ENROLL IN ONE OF OUR POPULAR COURSES

Heartsaver® Blended Learning Courses

NEW 2015 Heartsaver Courses

eCards

American Disabilities Act

HOW TO ENROLL IN ONE OF OUR POPULAR COURSES