Our Heartsaver® Courses are for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card for job, regulatory or other requirements. This course teaches students to effectively identify and treat emergencies in the critical first minutes of an injury or illness, before emergency medical service personnel arrive.
The class covers the following topics and skills:
First Aid
Rescuer duties
Victim and rescuer safety
The correct way to remove protective gloves
Calling for help
Finding the problem
After the emergency
Breathing problems
Choking
Allergic reactions
Use of epinephrine pens for severe allergic reactions
Heart attack
Diabetes and low blood sugar
Stroke
Seizures
Shock
Bleeding
Internal bleeding
Head, neck, and spinal injuries
Broken bones and sprains
Burns and electrical injuries
Bites and stings
Temperature-related emergencies
Poison emergencies
CPR/AED
When and how to administer CPR and use a defibrillator for an adult, child, and infant
How to use a CPR mask
How to call for help
The importance of answering dispatcher's questions
Detailed, hands-on lessons on CPR and defibrillator use for adults, children, and infants
By combining lecture, video presentations and hands-on practice with lifelike human Simulaids, you can be certified in lifesaving skills through The American Heart Association®, which is valid for two years. The class last approximately 4 1/2 hours, during which time our competent and friendly instructors will teach and test you in various scenarios before handing you your certification card to save lives.
Classes are generally held at 4956 Grover St, but we occasionally do on-site classes upon request. For more information, or to schedule your own class, call us at (402) 553-8816 or
email us.
Who Can Benefit From CPR?
Since most incidents occur in the home, CPR administration can make the difference of life or death with any of these unfortunate events.
All of these can result in cardiac arrest:
A mischievous toddler choking on a small toy
Your friend’s severe allergic reaction from something they ate
Your teenager overdosing on prescription drugs (this includes suicide and drug abuse)
The excited child who jumps into the pool and drowns
Your newborn suffocating from disheveled bedding
Emergency situations often result in a delayed response. Think of the ways that you responded when there was an emergency. Did you react properly the moment it happened? Were you speechless?
Every second matters! When you're trained to perform CPR properly, when an emergency situation happens, you're more likely to respond
immediately.
Having confident knowledge of how to properly perform CPR can save lives.
Call us at (402) 553-8816 to schedule your class on any open day, or join an already scheduled class.