The School Nursing Services Department offers the following new editions of the American Heart Association instructor-led training classes and online courses. Course completion Ecards are good for two years. Contact Alecia Highsmith ([email protected]) if you are interested in enrolling.
1. Heartsaver® First Aid, CPR, and AED Course Cost: $110.00
This course provides first responders with training in basic first aid procedures—including the first aid skills recommended by OSHA—in a format that can be delivered in a single day. Content covers: a) first aid basics, b) medical emergencies, c) injury emergencies, d) environmental emergencies, e) instruction in choking for all ages, f) CPR, and g) use of an AED.
2. Basic Life Support Course Cost: $75.00
This program is designed to provide a wide variety of certified or noncertified, licensed or non-licensed, healthcare professionals with the skills to keep people alive until they can be brought to a hospital or be treated with more advanced lifesaving measures. The course covers: a) adult and pediatric CPR, b) two-rescuer scenarios and use of the bag-valve mask, c) foreign-body airway obstruction (conscious and unconscious), d) AED (includes child AED update), e) special resuscitation situations, f) other cardiopulmonary emergencies, g) stroke, and h) cardiac arrest.