Course Description
Children are the world’s most precious asset and caring for them is both a pleasure and a tremendous responsibility. Through its state of the art video and instructor led program, the American Heart Association Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid Course ensures that those caring for children are geared with the best first aid and CPR training available.
Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED is geared towards 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. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years.
Course Content
* First aid basics including medical, injury, poison, and environmental emergencies, preventing illnesses and injuries and controlling bleeding & bandaging.
* Covers topics like using a tourniquet, shock, internal bleeding, burns and electrical injuries, allergic reactions, breathing problems & dehydration, diabetes & low blood sugar, heat-and cold-related emergencies, drowning, amputations, bites and stings, broken bones and sprains.
* Also covers splinters, nose bleeds, fainting, seizures, and injuries to the head, eyes, neck, spine, mouth, and teeth.
* CPR AED and choking: CPR and AED Use for Adults, Children and Infants, Adult, Child, and Infant Choking
Course Duration
1 days
9am to 6pm
(excludes time for remediation and reassessments)
