'All Class Descriptions'
Our Adult CPR class includes training for Concious Choking, Unconcious Choking, CPR, and preventing disease transmission. Please refer to CPR training with AED and select Adult CPR/AED for a list of current classes that include this enhanced training.
These review courses are for persons who are currently certified and need to renew their Infant/Child CPR, Adult CPR or Community First Aid and Safety certificates, but do not need to take the entire course again.
Prerequisites: Must have textbook and proof of current certification. May be up to 1 year past expiration date to be eligible for a review course (2 HRS)
Learn to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in victims ages 8 to adult. Includes Adult CPR, basic precautions for preventing disease transmission and emergency care for conscious choking, bleeding, splinting and other first aid emergencies. Meets OSHA requirements for First Aid. (6 HRS)
Learn to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in victims ages 8 to adult. Teaches the basics of Automated External Defibrillation, including the rationale for early defibrillation and the role of CPR in cardiac arrest situations. Includes information about precautions to take when using an AED, what defibrillation is, how it works and troubleshooting for special situations. Includes Adult CPR and basic precautions for preventing disease transmission. (4.5 HRS)
Babysitter’s Training is designed for youth and provides participants the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for infants and school aged children. This course offers an exciting new activity-based format, addresses safety issues, prevention of injury and illness, basic childcare, first aid, decision-making skills and age appropriate behavior and play.
Prerequisites: Must be at least 11 yrs old by end of course
Learn to teach Babysitter’s Training course to children between the ages of 11-15 years old, teaching them problem solving techniques and care-giving skills.
Prerequisites: Must be 17 years of age. Must bring proof that you have successfully completed FIT course (see above) or proof that you are a currently certified instructor. Must know choking, rescue breathing for infant and child, and be fully familiar with the basic Babysitter’s Training course information. Successfully complete basic skills and knowledge pre-course test. Obtain the Babysitter’s Training Handbook for study for the pre-test. (10 HRS)
Designed to introduce children ages 8-10 safety information and first aid procedures. This class will teach basic skills and knowledge necessary for children to identify and prevent potentially harmful situations, to be able to treat common injuries and to respond in emergencies.
Learn to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants, children and adults. Includes Adult, Infant, Child CPR and basic precautions for preventing disease transmission. (7 HRS)
These review courses are for persons who are currently certified and need to renew their Infant, Child, Adult CPR and/or First Aid certificates, but do not need to take the entire course again. Prerequisites: Current certification and must bring current textbook (If you do not have textbook you must purchase prior to class). Important: Bring proof of current certification.
This comprehensive course teaches participants to recognize and care for choking, cardiac problems, sudden illness, and injuries in infants, children and adults. (9.5 HRS)
These review courses are for persons who are currently certified and need to renew their Infant/Child CPR, Adult CPR or Community First Aid and Safety certificates, but do not need to take the entire course again.
Prerequisites: Must have textbook and proof of current certification. (4 HRS)
Look for the CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
Competency testing of skills and knowledge with no allowance for review or assistance from instructor. It is the participant’s responsibility to ensure that a course challenge meets state or professional licensing requirements for his/her profession. If your certificate is not current, you may only take a challenge once.
Prerequisites: Participants must bring their textbooks and pocket masks and should review information and skills before coming to class. If you do not have these materials, you must purchase them in advance. (4 HRS)
Teaches persons with a duty to respond, the skills needed to appropriately care for breathing and cardiac emergencies for infants, children and adults. Learn automated external defibrillation, 2-person CPR, the use of a Bag Valve Mask and Pocket Mask. (8.5 HRS) - Starting January 1,2009, the CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Health Care Provider is a 2 year certificate
Competency testing of skills and knowledge with no allowance for review or assistance from instructor. It is the participant's responsibility to ensure that a course challenge meets state or professional licensing requirements for his/her profession. If your certificate is not current, you may only take a challenge once. Prerequisites: participants must bring their textbooks and pocket masks and should review information and skills before coming to class. If you do not have these materials, you must purchase them in advance.
The Family Caregiving Program helps families take on the responsibility and challenges of caring for a loved one at home. The nine one-hour modules include: Home Safety, General Caregiving Skills, Positioning and Helping Your Loved One Move, Assisting with Personal Care, Healthy Eating, Caring for the Caregiver, Financial and Legal Issues, Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer.s Disease or Dementia and Caring for Loved One with HIV/AIDS.
Learn basic disease transmission precautions and emergency care for bleeding, splinting and other first aid emergencies. Meets OSHA requirements for First Aid. (4 HRS)
The ideal program for the person who wants to learn lifesaving skills but does not need certification. Learn to care for: conscious choking, breathing emergencies, shock, bleeding, burns, allergic reactions, bites and stings. First Aid and Preparedness supports Together We Prepare, a nationwide Red Cross initiative, to make families, workplaces, schools and neighborhoods safer.
This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic first aid care for injuries
and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. This course does not include information
on breathing or cardiac emergencies. Prerequisite: Participant must present a valid CPR certification card issued
within the last 12 months.
Learn to teach First Aid, Infant, Child and Adult CPR and Automated External Defibrillation
Prerequisites: Must be 17 years of age. Must bring proof that you have successfully completed FIT course (see above) or proof that you are a currently certified instructor. Demonstrate knowledge of First Aid, Infant, Child and Adult CPR and AED basic course skills and information. Successfully complete pre-course skills and knowledge test. Obtain the (4) participant level texts from your local office to study for the pre-test. (17 HRS)
First aid and lifesaving for pets until professional veterinarian help is obtained. Your pet depends on you for his or her well-being. In addition to providing daily care, love and affection, your best friend depends on you in an emergency. Whether your pet becomes ill or injured, or needs help in a disaster, the American Red Cross can help. Pet First Aid teaches you emergency care procedures for cats and dogs and provides tips for keeping your pet happy and healthy too.
Learn to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, sudden illness, choking, bleeding, fractures and other first aid emergencies with infants and children under the age of 12 years old. Course meets Delaware/Maryland childcare licensing requirements and meets OSHA requirements for First Aid. (8 HRS)
Learn to teach First Aid, Infant, Child and Adult CPR and Automated External Defibrillation
Prerequisites: Must be 17 years of age. Must bring proof that you have successfully completed FIT course (see above) or proof that you are a currently certified instructor. Demonstrate knowledge of First Aid, Infant, Child and Adult CPR and AED basic course skills and information. Successfully complete pre-course skills and knowledge test. Obtain the (4) participant level texts from your local office to study for the pre-test. (17 HRS)
Must complete this course before taking any instructor course.
Participants will learn to facilitate discussions, teach psychomotor skills, provide appropriate feedback, assess progress and give written examinations. Also includes instruction on Red Cross mission, local Red Cross Chapter issues and quality instructional standards.
Prerequisites: None (5 HRS)
Learn to care for breathing and cardiac emergencies with infants and children under the age of 12 years old. Infant and Child CPR and basic precautions for preventing disease transmission. (6 HRS)
These review courses are for persons who are currently certified and need to renew their Infant/Child CPR, Adult CPR or Community First Aid and Safety certificates, but do not need to take the entire course again.
Prerequisites: Must have textbook and proof of current certification. (3 HRS)
Prepares lifeguard candidates in the skills and knowledge necessary to respond to aquatic emergencies, including CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, First Aid, and preventing disease transmission with a focus on decision-making, escape techniques, and backboard techniques.
Prerequisites: Candidates must provide proof that they will be 15 years old before course completion. Must be able to pass a pre-course swim test: swim 300 yards continuously, using 200 yds of front crawl with rhythmic breathing and 100 yds of breaststroke. Must swim 20 yds using front crawl or breast stroke, dive 7 to 10 ft, retrieve 10lb object, return to surface and swim 20 yds back to starting point with both hands on the object and face above water, exit the pool without using a ladder or steps within 1 minute and 40 seconds. A $50 fee will be assessed for any student failing to meet the course pre-requisites.
Learn to teach the Lifeguard Training course, including First Aid, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, AED Essentials, Oxygen Administration for the Professional Rescuer, Bloodborne Pathogens Training, and Community Water Safety.
Prerequisites: Must be 17 years of age. Must bring proof that you have successfully completed FIT course (see above) or proof that you are a current, certified instructor. Must be able to pass the Swimming, Lifeguarding, First aid, and CPR-PR written and skills pre-course test. Obtain Lifeguard Training text to prepare for the pre-test.
Certificates: Lifeguarding Instructor and CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Instructor. A $50 fee will be assessed for any student failing to meet the course pre-requisites.
Learn to recognize the signals of an emergency in your pet. Learn how to care for choking, bleeding, broken bones, heat and cold related emergencies and how to safely approach, and move, an injured pet. Learn to recognize breathing related emergencies and practice CPR and other skills on a realistic, life-size, pet manikin.
DO NOT BRING YOUR PET TO CLASS. (4 HRS)
Provides coaches and any other interested personnel (parents, team managers, assistant coaches) with basic First Aid skills and knowledge needed to care for athletic injuries. This 8 hour course includes adult and child CPR. This course will help you prevent, prepare for and respond to sports injuries. This is a .must have. course for anyone involved in training at all levels of sports from T-ball to Karate. The course was developed in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee. It was reviewed and supported by the Boy Scouts of America, The National Athletic Trainer.s Association, USA Swimming, and The Naval Aviation Schools Command.
Certificate : Adult and Child CPR (1 year), Sports Injury Prevention and First Aid (3 years)
Identify how to respond to emergency situations by checking to see if it is safe to intervene. Identify how to reduce the risk of heart attack.
Recognize the signals of a heart attack and provide care to reduce the chance of cardiac arrest. Learn how to care for an adult who stops
breathing. Learn how to care for an adult who is choking. Learn how to give CPR to an adult whose heart has stopped beating. Learn how to
control bleeding. Learn how to care for nonlife-threatening emergencies such as a strain, sprain, or fracture. Identify how to use your
community's emergency medical services (EMS) system effectively.
Learn to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in victims ages 8 to adult. Includes Adult CPR, basic precautions for preventing disease transmission and emergency care for conscious choking, bleeding, splinting and other first aid emergencies. Teaches the basics of Automated External Defibrillation and includes information about precautions to take when using an AED, what defibrillation is, how it works and troubleshooting for special situations. Meets OSHA requirements for First Aid. (7 HRS)
Learn to teach American Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics Program; the six levels of the Learn To Swim Program; and the Basic Water Rescue course.
Prerequisites: Must be at least 16 years of age. Must bring proof that you have successfully completed FIT course (see above) or proof that you are a currently certified instructor. Successfully complete the pre-course written test and the pre-course test for swimming and water safety skills. These include 50yds. each of freestyle, backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, 10yds of butterfly, and perform a long shallow dive. (44HRS) A $50 fee will be assessed for any student failing to meet the course pre-requisites.
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