CWCTC Heartsaver

Classroom Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED:

Instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency.
This course is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills needed to respond to and manage an emergency until emergency medical services arrives. This course uses AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills.

This course trains participants to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. It teaches students information needed to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives.

Skills Learned:

First aid basics,
Medical emergencies,
Injury emergencies,
Environmental emergencies,
Preventing illness and injury,
CPR and AED use,
and Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies.

Course Completion:

Upon completion of all course requirements, participants receive a Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course Completion Card which is valid for two years.
AHA Heartsaver training is offered at no cost to all senior students to assist sending school districts to meet Act 7 guidelines

**If a student provides verification of active certification, they may be exempt from repeating the training.**

Act 7

Public School Code of 1949 – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Education

Certification:

• Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED