American Red Cross
Marshall County Chapter
Local News
November 21, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard First Aid with CPR—Adult Child and Infant,  

 

Learn the skills needed to prevent, recognize and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive. This course covers first aid and adult CPR in an approach that complements adult learning styles, featuring hands-on practice and real-life scenarios. Useful take-home course materials help you retain skills and serve as an excellent refresher and reference tool after training is complete. Child and Infant are designed for childcare providers, teachers, parents and others who care for children, this course teaches participants how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants and children up to 12 years old. Optional child AED training is also available. Useful take-home course materials help you retain skills and serve as an excellent refresher and reference tool after training is complete.  Updated with the latest science for first aid, CPR and emergency cardiovascular care. Meets OSHA First Aid Guidelines. 

Length: 8 hours.

 

 

Standard First Aid with CPR/AED—Adult 

 

In addition to CPR, this course also includes training in using an automated external defibrillator (AED) on a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Useful take-home course materials help you retain skills and serve as an excellent refresher and reference tool after training is complete. Updated with the latest science for first aid, CPR and emergency cardiovascular care. Meets OSHA First Aid Guidelines.

Length: 6-1/2 hours

 

 

Adult CPR

 

For individuals who need adult CPR training only, this hands-on skills training prepares students to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults. Useful take-home course materials help you retain skills and serve as an excellent refresher and reference tool after training is complete. Updated with the latest science for CPR and emergency cardiovascular care.

Length: 3-1/2 hours

 

CPR/AED—Adult

This CPR course also includes training in using an AED on an adult victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Useful take-home course materials help you retain skills and serve as an excellent refresher and reference tool after training is complete. Updated with the latest science for CPR and emergency cardiovascular care.

Length: 4-1/2 hours

 

 

CPR—Child and Infant

CPR—Infant (applies to infants up to 12 months of age)

CPR—Child (applies to children between the ages of 1 and 12)

 

Designed for childcare providers, teachers, parents and others who care for children, this course teaches participants how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants and children up to 12 years old. Optional child AED training is also available. Useful take-home course materials help you retain skills and serve as an excellent refresher and reference tool after training is complete. Updated with the latest science for CPR and emergency cardiovascular care.

Length: 4-1/4 hours

 

 

First Aid 

Streamlined to fit into busy schedules, this interactive presentation is ideal for anyone who wants to learn lifesaving skills, needed to meet a job requirement or OSHA regulations. Learn the skills needed to prevent, recognize and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive. This course covers first aid. This information-packed session helps you stay prepared with valuable lifesaving skills and information. Topics include—

• Bleeding

• Shock

• Muscle and joint injuries

• Burns

• Warning signs of heart attack, stroke and cardiac arrest

Length: 3 1/2 hours