Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED (Instructor-led Classroom or Blended Learning Training)
The Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED course trains participants how to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. The AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Course is designed for anyone involved in childcare who have a duty to respond to illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Including: childcare workers, teachers, camp counselors, etc
Skills covered in this course include treating bleeding, allergic reactions, broken bones and sprains, seizures, and additional first aid emergencies.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS TRAINING?
This course is intended for those involved in child care who have a duty to respond to illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. This audience includes child care workers, teachers, foster care workers, camp counselors, youth organizations, and coaches for children’s sports organizations. This course is also ideal for parents, grandparents, babysitters, and guardians.
NOTE - This course is NOT for Healthcare Providers. If you work or plan to work in a healthcare environment, please take BLS CPR (Basic Life Support CPR) to fulfill your CPR requirement.
COMPLETION CARD
Upon completion of this course, students receive an American Heart Association Heartsaver® CPR AED Course Completion eCard via email that is valid for two years.
AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE HEARTSAVER® CPR AED PORTION OF THIS COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
List the priorities, roles, and responsibilities of a rescuer providing first aid to a child or infant;
Describe the four key steps in first aid for children and infants: prevent, protect, assess, and act;
Remove protective gloves (skill student will demonstrate);
Find the problem (skill student will demonstrate);
Describe the assessment and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, and shock;
Control bleeding and bandaging (skills student will demonstrate);
Use an epinephrine pen (skill student will demonstrate);
Recognize elements of common injuries;
Recognize elements of common illnesses;
Describe how to find information on preventing illness and injury;
Recognize the legal questions that apply to pediatric first aid rescuers;
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 (optional);
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others;
Give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups;
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult (optional);
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;
Video-based course ensures consistency;
Instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency;
Student Workbook comes with Heartsaver® First Aid Quick Reference Guide that summarizes first aid actions for many injuries and illnesses; and
Course is updated with the new science from the 2020 AHA Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
20-1124 (20-3112 eBook) Heartsaver Pediatric CPR AED Student Workbook with:
20-1131 Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Quick Reference Guide
Heartsaver® CPR AED Adult Reminder Card; and
Heartsaver® CPR AED Child & Infant Reminder Card.