The Heartsaver CPR Course is a program available in modular format that
teaches lay rescuers how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies
for adults, children, and infants. No AED or First Aid skills are taught in
this program (see following programs). Students also learn to recognize the
warning signs of heart attack and stroke in adults and breathing difficulties
in children. The program can be presented in any combination of the 3 modules.
Successful course completion measured through written exam and satisfactory
skill performance. Course completion cards awarded for successful completion.
Intended Audience: All designated first responders for health
related emergencies, such as employees in the workplace, daycare employees,
baby-sitters, firefighters, police, airline personnel, security guards, family
members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, or other interested
lay rescuers.
Heartsaver CPR with AED
The Heartsaver CPR with AED course teaches the basic techniques of adult
CPR and use of an AED. Students also learn about using barrier devices for
ventilation purposes and how to administer interventions for the choking adult
victim. The program also provides information about how to recognize the signs
of 4 major health emergencies: heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, and
foreign-body airway obstruction. Successful course completion measured through
written exam and satisfactory skill performance. Course completion cards
awarded for successful completion.
Intended Audience: All designated first responders to health
emergencies where an AED device is available, such as firefighters, police,
airline personnel, security guards, employees in the workplace, and those
family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, other lay
rescuers, and other interested individual
The Heartsaver First Aid Course combines adult CPR and the use of an
automated external defibrillator (AED) with basic level first aid procedures.
The First Aid information in this program is compliant with the various
requirements established by regulatory agencies. Students of this course will
be taught how to perform adult CPR, relieve a foreign-body airway obstruction,
use a barrier device during rescue breathing, use an AED and provide first aid
for acute injuries and sudden illnesses.
Intended Audience: All designated first responders to emergencies
who must also know how to use an AED device and how to provide basic first aid,
such as firefighters, police, airline personnel, security personnel, employees
in the workplace, other lay rescuers. Successful course completion measured
through written exam and satisfactory skill performance. Course completion
cards awarded for successful completion.
The Heartsaver CPR in Schools course is designed to teach both adult and
pediatric lay rescuer CPR to middle or high school students. The course
presents information about the AHA adult and infant/child Chain of Survival,
and signs of heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, and choking in adults. The
course also covers signs of choking in infants and children, prevention of
sudden infant death syndrome, and prevention of the most common fatal injuries
in infants and children.
Intended Audience: Middle and high school age students.
The CPR for Family and Friends course is a modular course that teaches rescuers
skills in CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction. It presents
information about the AHA adult Chain of Survival and signs of heart attack,
cardiac arrest, stroke and choking in adults. The course also presents
information on the AHA pediatric infant and child Chain of Survival, signs of
choking in infants and children, prevention of sudden infant death syndrome,
and prevention of the most common fatal injuries in infants and children. This
program is also available in Spanish.
Intended Audience: All lay rescuers, such as school children, family
members of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, and other laypersons who
want to learn rescue skills for loved ones. There is no testing of knowledge or
skills. Program participation cards are provided for all participants.