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Course Catalog > CPR/AED, Emergency Response for the Professional Rescuer
CPR/AED For the Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider (MEETS requirements for Lifeguard, EMT and Nursing Programs)
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Schedules & Pricing
Class Details
| | Description | PRICE CHANGE AND
REFUND POLICY EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1,2009
This course MEETS requirements for Lifeguard,
EMT and Nursing Programs and is recognized by the state EMT and RN licensing
agencies and is equivalent to the AHA Health Care Provider or “C” level
CPR.
The purpose of this course is to teach those with a duty to act (professional
rescuers) the skills needed to respond appropriately to breathing and cardiac
emergencies. This includes the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
to care for a victim of cardiac arrest. |
| | Audience | Participants may be health-care providers, laboratory workers, public safety personnel (law enforcement, EMS, and firefighters), business/industry emergency response team members, child care providers, ski patrol, lifeguards, and athletic trainers. |
| | Prerequisites | None |
| | Length | Class starting times are FIRM.
Participants arriving late WILL NOT be admitted in the course. |
| | Pricing | $70 per participant |
| | Refund Policy | Refunds will be allowed if more than FIVE (5) full working days of notice is given prior to the class date, subject to a $25 processing fee.
No refunds will be issued with less than FIVE (5) working days of notice.
A participant may transfer ONE (1) time only to another regularly scheduled class without penalty. If the transfer is requested with less than FIVE (5) days notice, a $10 processing fee will apply. Additional transfers will also incur a $10 fee.
No refunds may be issued after a transfer is made.
No refunds or transfers will be issued to participants that fail to show up for the class.
To cancel or transfer to another class, you must call registration line during business hours BEFORE your class date, 1-800-842-7349 ext. 26490 or e-mail registration@arizonaredcross.org. Business office hours are 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. |
| | Attendee Notes | This class requires the student to perform CPR skills on the floor in a kneeling position.
For comfort we recommend the student brings knee pads or cushioning according to his/her needs, as these will not be provided. |
| | Certification | Please provide the Registration staff either
by email, registration@arizonaredcross.org, or telephone, 602-336-6516, which
certificate name is required.
- CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider, 2 years
- CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, 2 years
- CPR/AED for the Healthcare Provider, 2 years
- CPR/AED for the Lifeguard, 1 year
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| | Details | Learning Objectives:
Identify the responsibilities and characteristics of a professional rescuer; list the series of events that occur when the emergency medical services (EMS) system is activated; understand the legal considerations that affect a professional rescuer; recognize and provide appropriate care for breathing emergencies, including cardiac arrest, and other life-threatening injuries and illnesses; demonstrate how to properly remove disposable gloves; demonstrate how to perform an initial assessment; demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing (adult, child and infant); demonstrate how to use a BVM with two rescuers; demonstrate how to care for an obstructed airway (adult, child and infant); describe when and how to use an AED; demonstrate how to give CPR (adult, child and infant); demonstrate how to give two-rescuer CPR (adult, child and infant); demonstrate how to use an AED on a victim in cardiac arrest (adult and child); and demonstrate how to use an AED when CPR is in progress (adult and child). |
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