Course Descriptions

HeartSaver CPR

This CPR course is for the layperson to learn CPR and all related components. HeartSaver CPR teaches lay rescuers how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies with adult, child and infant victims. Medical emergencies such as choking, drowning, heart-related emergencies, rescue breathing, basics of performing compressions, etc. are all covered in this course.

HeartSaver AED

This course has all the components of the HeartSaver CPR course with additional material that covers operation and hands-on training of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

BLS Healthcare Provider Course

The BLS Healthcare Provider Course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals with the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. The course is intended for certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals.

Intended Audience: Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician's assistants, residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.

HeartSaver First Aid

The HeartSaver First Aid course provides training in basic first-aid procedures—including the first-aid skills recommended by OSHA—in a format that is easily understood and presented. It also offers elective modules in environmental emergencies.

Its highly effective video-based instruction format enables students to experience case-based scenarios in a realistic setting. Instructors introduce a topic, and then show a video segment to present cases for discussion or to demonstrate a particular skill. Topics that are covered include burns, cuts, imbedded objects, bug bites, heat and cold related emergencies, seizures, asthma attacks, poisoning, splinting, etc. Handouts explaining first aid emergencies are given out at each class.

The HeartSaver First Aid course is specially designed to train anyone who might be the first to respond in the workplace or community, and can be tailored to address the needs of a specific workplace or group of employees.

Family & Friends

The Family & Friends course addresses: recognition and emergency resuscitation techniques for heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, and choking in adults; prevention of injuries and cardiac arrest; recognition and treatment of cardiopulmonary emergencies; treatment of choking in infants and children. This course does not require certification and testing.