Heartsaver CPR Course Description

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: 2 1/2 - 6 hours. .

· Adult only: 2 hours.

· Infant/child only: 2 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

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge
and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed
instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials
in an educational course does not represent course
sponsorship by the American Heart Association.

Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed
for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the
Association.

 

Please call for discounts and pricing. 301-842-2522

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