First Aid. Learn how to recognize and respond to an emergency, and give care to help sustain life and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until medical help arrives. Classes teach you to identify and treat shock, control bleeding, care for a muscle, bone or joint injury, care for a head, neck or back injury stroke, and respond to diabetic emergencies, heat and cold related emergencies, poisoning and allergic reactions. Students receive a First Aid certificate valid for three years.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Learn to care for conscious and unconscious victims, using cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Students receive a CPR certificate valid for one year.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED). This course teaches you how to use an AED on a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Students receive an AED certificate valid for one year.
Many of the changes and recommendations included in the new CPR and ECC guidelines are designed to simplify CPR and increase bystander response, ultimately saving more lives.
Some key changes include:
- A new recommended compression depth of at least 2 inches
- A new recommended compression rate of at least 100 beats per minute
- The elimination of “look, listen and feel for breathing”
- The continued recommendation that untrained rescuers provide Hands-Only CPR
- A universal sequence (algorithm) for adult CPR
- New protocols for EMS activation and training