HEARTSAVER
Course Description:
The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid Course is a classroom, Instructor-led course designed to prepare students to provide first aid in a safe, timely, and effective manner.
Upon successful completion of the course, including a first aid skills demonstration, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid course completion card, valid for two years.
Target audience :
- Heartsaver is designed for people who want to learn how to help someone having a cardiac or choking emergency. Learn to recognize cardiac arrest, get emergency care on its way quickly and provide help until someone with more advanced training arrives to take over. You’ll get hands-on practice in performing high-quality CPR for adults, using an AED, relieving choking and doing rescue breathing. This course is ideal for workplace or volunteer requirements.
In just a few hours, you’ll gain the confidence and ability to perform invaluable life-saving skills
what will I learn ?
- List the priorities, roles, and responsibilities of first aid rescuers
- Describe the key steps in first aid
- Remove protective gloves
- Find the problem
- Describe the assessment and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: heart attack, difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, shock, and stroke Use an epinephrine pen
- Control bleeding and bandaging
- Recognize elements of common injuries
- Recognize elements of common illnesses
- Describe how to find information on preventing illness and injury
- Recognize the legal questions that apply to first aid rescuers
- Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
- Recognize when someone needs CPR
- Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
- Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
- Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
- Perform high-quality CPR for adult, child, and infant.
- Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child
- Demonstrate how to help a choking adult, child, and infant