CPR/AED and First Aid
CPR
The First Aid course provides a systematic approach to handling life-threatening breathing and heart problems.
Participants will learn the Emergency Action Steps, as well as how to help conscious and
unconscious choking victims, heart attack victims, and cardiac arrest victims. Infant CPR
covers victims from birth through 12 months; child CPR covers 1 year through age 7; and adult
CPR covers 8 years and older.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
An AED is a life-saving device that may re-establish an effective heartbeat by delivering a
shock to a malfunctioning heart. For every minute that defibrillation (shocking a heart into
a normal rhythm) is delayed, the victim's chance of survival is reduced by 10%, so the lay
responder who can provide care with CPR and an AED before professional help arrives can be
a vital link in the victim's chain of survival. Participants will learn when and how to operate
this simple machine on adults and children. Certification in CPR is a prerequisite.
is two hours, or approximately one hour when combined with a CPR course.
First Aid
The course First Aid Provides a systematic approach
to handling life-threatening or potentially disabling illnesses
and injuries. Participants will learn the Emergency Action Steps --
Check-Call-Care -- as well as how to recognize and care for victims of
strokes, seizures, diabetic emergencies, poisoning, and heat and cold-related
emergencies. Participants will also learn how to recognize and care
for critical injuries to soft tissue, and muscles, bones, and joints.
For more information, call 216.431.3076 or sign up here for a class.
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