Course description
The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course teaches particpants to provide first aid, perform CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) safely and effectively. The course is designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements, or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
The course teaches the lifesaving skills of CPR and AED including:
- First Aid Basics
- Medical Emergencies
- Injury Emergencies
- Environmental Emergencies
- Preventing illness and injury
- Signs of a Heart Attack or Stroke
- Adult CPR and AED use
- Choking help for an Adult, Child or Infant
- Drowning response and prevention
- Opiod-associated life-threatening emergenies
- Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR