CPR & First Aid
CPR & First Aid
The American Heart Association’s 2025 Heart saver® Course equips participants with the essential skills needed to respond to cardiac arrest, choking, and other life-threatening emergencies. Updated to reflect the 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC, the course incorporates the latest science, revised foreign body airway obstruction techniques, expanded opioid-related emergency guidance, and the new universal Chain of Survival.
The 2025 Heart saver curriculum prepares lay rescuers, workplace responders, and community members to provide effective CPR and first aid in both public and workplace settings. Course content emphasizes:
· High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
· Updated 2025 choking relief techniques (alternating back blows and abdominal/chest thrusts)
· AED use with current 2025 recommendations.
· Recognition and response to opioid-associated emergencies
· Updated ventilation and compression guidance
· Team response and coordination during emergencies
In the Instructor-led course, students participate in hands-on practice, scenario-based learning, and skills stations designed to reinforce confidence and competence. Under the guidance of an AHA Heart saver Instructor, participants complete:
· CPR and AED skills practice
· Choking relief skills using updated 2025 techniques
· First aid skills practice (if enrolled in Heart saver First Aid CPR AED)
· Skills testing based on 2025 performance criteria.
· A written exam when required by course type or employer.
The 2025 Heart saver Course ensures that individuals and workplace responders are trained using the most current evidence-based guidelines, preparing them to act quickly and effectively during cardiac arrest, choking, and other medical emergencies.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Heartsaver® CPR AED is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches adult CPR and AED use, as well as how to relieve choking on an adult. This course teaches skills with AHA’s research-proven Practice-While-Watching (PWW) technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills.
To make learning CPR easier, a system was devised that makes remembering it as simple as C-A-B:
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Circulation,
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Airway, and
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Breathing.
Other topics include:
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Recognition of life-threatening emergencies,
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How to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and
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Other topics required for certification.
1st Aid basics are essential to prevent further injury and save lives, at the same time. 1st Aid topics covered include:
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Rescuer duties,
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Victim and Rescuer Safety,
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Phoning for Help,
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Finding the Problem (*Skill You Will Demonstrate), and
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After the Emergency.
With the knowledge and skills you will learn in this course, YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE! You will learn the skills of CPR & 1st Aid for victims of all ages and will practice CPR & 1st Aid, in a team setting.
WHO WILL NEED TO TAKE THIS COURSE?
CPR & 1st Aid training is a course available for virtually anyone to complete and become certified. Many positions require certification in CPR & 1st Aid. Positions include:
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Physicians,
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Nurses,
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Respiratory Therapists, physical and occupational therapists,
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Physician’s assistants,
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Medical or nursing students in training,
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Aides,
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Medical or nursing assistants, and other allied health personnel,
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Security personnel,
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Teachers,
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Parents,
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Lifeguards,
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Airline personnel,
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Family members,
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Tattoo Artists
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Church Ushers,
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Babysitters, home sitters, and
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Many more.