Heartsaver First Aid CPR and AED Training (INCLUDES Provider Manual E-Book)

American Heart Association HeartSaver First Aid, CPR and 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.

Who should take this course?

The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements, or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

The classroom course can be completed in approximately 1 ¾ hours (including optional lessons and breaks)

On the same day, after your class you will receive a Heartsaver CPR AED Course Completion E-Card, valid for two years

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is the AHA’s Heartsaver CPR AED Course?

A: Reflecting the latest science and education from the 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR and Emergency
Cardiovascular Care (ECC), the AHA’s Heartsaver CPR AED Course provides students the
highest quality training in the lifesaving skills of first aid and/or CPR and use of an AED. These courses
empower students to act with confidence in the event of an emergency at work, home, or in the
community.

Q: What will students learn in this course?

A: After successfully completing this course, students should be able to
• Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
• Explain the concept of the Chain of Survival
• Recognize when someone needs CPR
• Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
• Demonstrate giving effective breaths by using mouth to mouth or a mask for all ages
• Demonstrate performing high-quality CPR for an adult, a child, and an infant
• Demonstrate using an AED on an adult and on a child
• Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
• Demonstrate how to help a choking infant

• How to use an epinephrine pen
• How to put on gloves and how to take them off
• How to control bleeding and apply bandage
• What to do for a medical emergency
• What to do for an injury emergency
• How to prevent illness and injury
• How to help someone experiencing an Opioid Associated Life Threatening Emergency