Heartsaver CPR Course

The Heartsaver CPR Course is designed to prepare people to provide CPR in a safe, timely, and effective manner. The course goals include cognitive and psychomotor objectives. This course is for people with limited or no medical training who need a credential in CPR. Anyone needing or desiring a Heartsaver CPR Course completion card can take this course. Course is taught by lecture, video and student participation.

Course Details

• Learn hands-on with a manikin for one person to administrate CPR to one victim.
• Group participation to develop skills with a manikin.
• Identification of the signs and symptoms of airway obstruction including dislodging techniques.
• Recognition of the early warning signals of respiratory and cardiac arrest.
• Identification of the signs and symptoms of stroke.
• Understanding the functions of heart and lung anatomy.
• Identification of risk factors.
• Child and infant CPR are presented.
• Course length is approximately 3-5 hours and student must successfully pass a skills evaluation on a manikin.
• Course meets the minimum requirements for adult, child and infant CPR with American Heart Association certification valid for two years.