CPR/AED—Adult and Child 

Course Fee:  $45.00

Purpose: Train lay responders to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults and children. Provide the lay responder with the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life and to minimize pain and the consequences of injury or sudden illness until professional medical help arrives.

Prerequisites: NONE

Learning Objective:

-Describe how to recognize and respond to an emergency

-Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.

-Identify the difference between consent and implied consent.

-Describe the three emergency action steps.

-Identify when and how to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.

-Explain when and how to move a person from a dangerous scene.

-Identify how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.

-Demonstrate how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.

-Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.

-Demonstrate how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.

-Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.

-Demonstrate how to check an unconscious adult or child for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.

-Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.

-Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency.

-Demonstrate how to care for an adult or child who is choking.

-Demonstrate how to recognize and care for an adult or child who is not breathing.

-Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.

-Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.

-Describe how to care for a heart attack.

-Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to an adult and child.

-Identify prevention strategies to decrease the risk of breathing emergencies.

-Explain what defibrillation is and how it works.

-Explain the role of CPR in cardiac arrest.

-Identify the general steps for the use of an automatic external defibrillation (AED).

-Identify the precautions when using an AED.

-Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult and child

Length:  Approx. 5 hrs and 20 mins.

Instructor: A currently authorized American Red Cross instructor in any Lay Responder First Aid and CPR/AED Emergency Response, Lifeguarding or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer program who has met state qualifications.

Certification Requirements:

-Attend and participate in all course sessions.

-Demostrate competency in all required skills listed on the skills checklist.

-Participate in all skills sessions.

-Pass each section of the written exam with a score of 80 percent or better.

Certification Issue and Validity Period:  CPR/AED—Adult and Child:  1 year.