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Heartsaver CPR
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.
Heartsaver CPR for All Ages: teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction in adult, infant and
child victims.
Heartsaver CPR for Adults: teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for adult victims.
Heartsaver CPR for Infants and Children: teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for infants
(ages birth to 1 year of age) and children (ages 1 year to 8 years of age).
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

Heartsaver BLS with AED and First Aid
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.

Heartsaver CPR in Schools
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.

CPR for Family and Friends
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.

Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid & CPR
This is the course to choose for efficient, effective training of: education and child-care professionals,
recreation and other community program staff new parents, guardians, and other caretakers
Provides information on how to manage illness and injuries in a child during the first few minutes of an
emergency until professional help arrives. Includes four core modules: First Aid Basics, Injuries and
Illnesses, Life-Threatening Emergencies and the Chain of Survival, and CPR and AED. Also includes
optional modules, such as Use of a Nebulizer, to meet regulations for day-care centers