CPR/AED Certification –

CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillator)

Course Purpose
The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program is designed to help participants recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. This course teaches participants the knowledge and skills needed to give immediate care to an injured or ill person when minutes matter, and to decide whether advanced medical care is needed.

course objectives

Identify the responsibilities and characteristics of professional rescuers.
List the series of events that occur when the emergency medical services (EMS) system is activated.
Understand how legal considerations affect professional rescuers.
Recognize a life-threatening injury or illness.
Demonstrate how to perform a primary assessment.
Determine when it is appropriate to call for more advanced medical personnel.
Describe instances in which a victim should be moved.
Recognize and care for a breathing emergency.
Demonstrate how to give ventilations using a resuscitation mask (adult/child and infant).
Demonstrate how to use a bag-valve-mask resuscitator (BVM) with two rescuers.
Demonstrate how to care for an obstructed airway (adult/child and infant).
List the links of the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
Recognize the signs and symptoms of a heart attack.
Identify how to care for a heart attack.
Identify special situations that may arise when performing CPR.
Describe the role and importance of early CPR in cardiac arrest.
Demonstrate how to perform CPR (adult/child and infant).
Demonstrate how to perform two-rescuer CPR (adult/child and infant).
Describe what defibrillation is and how it works.
Describe the role and importance of early defibrillation in cardiac arrest.
List the general steps for using an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Identify precautions for using an AED.
Demonstrate how to use an AED (adult, child or infant).
Describe the differences in using an AED (adult, child and infant) when CPR is in progress.
Decide what care to provide for breathing and cardiac emergencies.

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Course Length

Instructor-Led: 6 hours
Blended Learning: 2 hours of eLearning followed by a 4 hour in-person skill session.

Instructor
Instructors hold a CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers, Lifeguarding and Emergency
Medical Response certificate.

Certification
Participants must:

Attend the entire course.
Participate in all skill sessions and scenarios.
Demonstrate competency in all required skills and scenarios.
Pass the final written exam with a minimum grade of 80 percent.
Blended Learning only: complete all eLearning modules prior to the first in-person skill session.

Certification Issues and Validity Period
CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers, valid 2 years