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HEARTSAVER PEDIATRIC FIRST AID

Pediatric First Aid

The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid Course is designed to prepare people to provide CPR, First Aid and an AED 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 Pediatric First Aid and is recommended for day care providers, babysitters and expecting mothers. Anyone needing or desiring a Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid Course completion card can take this course. Course is taught by lecture, video and student participation.

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Course Details

  • First Aid steps for medical, injury, and environmental emergencies.

  • Recognition of pediatric emergency situations.

  • Review of the causes of cardiopulmonary arrest in children and infants ranging from choking, suffocation and drowning to traumatic injuries.

  • Optional topics include eye injuries, fevers, snake/spider bites, suspected abuse. Use of an AED for victims >1 year of age.

  • Learn hands-on with a manikin for one person to administer CPR to one adult, child, and infant.

  • Identification of the signs and symptoms of airway obstruction including proper procedures to dislodge and expel foreign objects.

  • Administration of an epinephrine pen.

  • Bleeding control.

  • Home safety review to child-proof your housing.

  • Recognition of potential S.I.D.S. situations and appropriate action.

  • Course meets the requirements for Pediatric First Aid with CPR, certification valid for two years.

  • Course meets State Certification requirements for Day Care Providers.

  • Course length is approximately 6-7 hours and student must successfully pass a skills evaluation on a manikin.

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