First Aid and CPR/AED Training (American Heart Association)
Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid with CPR and AED teaches students critical skills needed to manage an emergency in the childcare/preschool setting until help arrives. Skills covered in this course include treating bleeding, allergic reactions, broken bones and sprains, seizures, and additional first aid emergencies.
This course also includes Adult CPR and AED use, child CPR and AED use, and infant CPR. This course has been updated to reflect the new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC. This course also meets the California EMS Authority requirement for child care workers and Pre school teachers.
By completing this course, participants do not need to obtain the CA-EMSA sticker for school certification. Upon successful completion of the course, including a first aid, CPR, and AED skills test, students receive a Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED course completion card, which is valid for two years.
This course is intended for those involved in child care who have a duty to respond to illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. This audience includes child care workers, teachers, foster care workers, camp counselors, youth organizations, and coaches for children’s sports organizations. This course is also ideal for parents, grandparents, babysitters, and guardians.
NOTE - This course is NOT for Healthcare Providers. If you work or plan to work in a healthcare environment, please take BLS CPR (Basic Life Support CPR) to fulfill your CPR requirement.
Upon completion of this course, students receive a downloadable Safety Unlimited Course Completion Certificate (PDF format), as well as an American Heart Association Heartsaver® CPR AED Course Completion eCard via email that is valid for two years.
Info on How to Claim Your AHA eCard
15-1038 (15-3113 eBook) Heartsaver Pediatric CPR AED Student Workbook with:
This EMS-CEU ( 7 Hours) course has been approved for 7 Contact Hours (7 CEUs) of BLS/ALS Instructor-based Continuing Education by CE (Provider 56-0013), CAPCE Provider #SUNI0321.
Safety Unlimited, Inc. is authorized by IACET to offer 7 Contact Hours (0.7 CEUs) of Continuing Education (CE) for this program.
Safety Unlimited, Inc. (Provider #5660170-2) is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Safety Unlimited, Inc. complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Safety Unlimited, Inc. is accredited to issue the IACET CEU. As an IACET Accredited Provider, Safety Unlimited, Inc. offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.
After successfully completing the Heartsaver® Pediatric CPR AED portion of this course, students should be able to:
Note – all AHA courses have been updated to reflect new science from the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC and the 2015 AHA/Red Cross Guidelines for First Aid.
Heartsaver® courses are courses that target Non-Healthcare Professionals. These courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for job, or other requirements. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. For many Heartsaver® courses, students receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years.