Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED)

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) Certification Course

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

  1. Enroll in the Heartsaver® CPR/AED course by selecting a class time and location.  View CPR/AED Courses
    • $45.00 Full Course (for New or Expired Certification)
    • $55.00 Renewal Course (Prior to Expired Certification)
    • $40.00 Skills Check (after Completion of Online CourseBelow)
    • $15.00 ENROLL HERE for AHA ONLINE HeartCode® CPR/AED CLASS
  2. You may purchase your Heartsaver® CPR/AED text book from ECMT, Inc. when you register for your course.  Allow enough time to receive your text book before your scheduled course.  If you do not purchase your text book from ECMT, Inc., you are required by the AHA to purchase it from Worldpoint https://www.worldpoint.com/
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  3. You must bring the Heartsaver® CPR/AED textbook to class.

Note: You MUST have a current Heartsaver® CPR/AEDProvider manual at the course or you will not receive a course completion AHAE-card.
This course is open to new, expired, & current Heartsaver® CPR/AED card holders.

Course Information

Heartsaver® CPR AED is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches adult and child CPR and AED use, infant CPR, and how to relieve choking in adults, children, and infants. This 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.

The Heartsaver® CPR AED course is designed to prepare students to provide CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner.

This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs an AHA course completion E-card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements.

Heartsaver® CPR AED is the ideal course for:

  • law enforcement officers
  • correctional officers
  • hospitality workers
  • health and fitness coaches
  • child-care workers
  • educators and administrators in schools and colleges

Class Outline

  • Adult CPR and AED use
  • Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies
  • Child CPR and AED use
  • Infant CPR
  • Adult, child, and infant choking
  • Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR, including child and infant choking
  • Exam

After successfully completing this course, students should be able to

  • 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
  • Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
  • Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
  • Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
  • 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*

*Child and infant modules are optional.

CE/CME credits are not offered for this course.

Each student must have his or her own copy of the CPR/AED Provider Manual.

Students who successfully complete the course will receive a course completion AHA and E-card valid for two years.

Affiliate Training Site

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, & PALS & has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the Association.