Heartsaver® First Aid (Instructor-led Classroom Training)

Heartsaver® First Aid teaches students critical skills needed to respond to and manage an emergency until emergency medical services arrive. Skills covered in this course include the duties and responsibilities of first aid rescuers; first aid actions for medical emergencies, including severe choking, heart attack, and stroke; and skills for handling injury and environmental emergencies, including external bleeding, broken bones and sprains, and bites and stings.

  


WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS TRAINING?

This course is intended for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in First Aid to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements, or it can also be taken by those who simply want to be prepared for an emergency in any type of setting.


COURSE FORMAT OPTIONS

This 100% classroom training means students are with an AHA instructor for their entire learning experience. This video-based, instructor-led course teaches skills with the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills.


COMPLETION CARD

Upon completion of this course, students receive an American Heart Association Heartsaver® First Aid Course Completion eCard via email that is valid for two years.

AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE HEARTSAVERS FIRST AID COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

  • List the priorities, roles, and responsibilities of first aid rescuers;
  • Describe the key steps in first aid;
  • Remove protective gloves;
  • Find the problem;
  • Describe the assessment and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: heart attack, difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, shock, and stroke;
  • Use an epinephrine pen;
  • Control bleeding and bandaging;
  • Recognize elements of common injuries;
  • Recognize elements of common illnesses;
  • Describe how to find information on preventing illness and injury; and
  • Recognize the legal questions that apply to first aid rescuers.


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.

COURSE CONTENT

20-1128 Heartsaver® First Aid Student Workbook


  • First aid basics;
  • Medical emergencies;
  • Injury emergencies;
  • Environmental emergencies;
  • Preventing illness and injury; and
  • Optional exam.