— CPR and First Aid

Catalog description

Demonstrates the didactic and practical skills applications required by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the Health Care Provider CPR certification and the Heartsaver First Aid certification. The BLS for Healthcare Providers course is designed to provide a wide variety of certified or non-certified, 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: First Aid Basics, Medical Emergencies, Injury Emergencies, and Environmental Emergencies. The AHA strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the Association. This course is graded S/U. Offered: Fall.