AHA109 Heartsaver® CPR/AED
The Heartsaver CPR/AED course trains participants to give CPR and uses an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. In addition the course:
- Includes updates for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
This course is designed for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements. After course completion, students will be able to:
- Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
- Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
- Recognize when someone needs CPR
- Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
- Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
- Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
- Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
- Perform high-quality CPR for a child
- Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child
- Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
- Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
- Demonstrate how to help a choking infant