Heartsaver

This course is available in an eLearning course with classroom practical assessment (recommended) or can be taken entirely in the classroom.

Description

The American Heart Association offers both classroom-led and eLearning courses to provide complete, flexible training solutions. While classroom training is completed on a single day, eLearning training is conducted mostly on the student’s schedule, at their own pace, followed by an in-person practical assessment with an AHA Instructor after the online portion is completed. Whether the student chooses classroom-led or eLearning curriculum, the practical assessment teaches skills with the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills. Thereafter the instructor will evaluate the student’s skills and offer a course completion card to students who pass the skills testing requirements.

Course Content

  • Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival

  • Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival

  • Recognize when someone needs CPR

  • Perform high-quality CPR for an adult

  • Describe how to perform CPR with help from others

  • Give effective rescue breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups

  • Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult

  • Perform high-quality CPR for a child (optional)

  • Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child (optional)

  • Perform high-quality CPR for an infant (optional)

  • Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child

  • Demonstrate how to help a choking infant (optional)

Required Student Materials 

eLearning: The student manual is provided with the online course; it does not need to be purchased separately.

Classroom: Purchase the Provider Manual or eBook. We do not stock books for purchase.

Course Format and Exams

eLearning: This course uses a variety of eLearning assets — such as dramatizations, eSimulations, animations, self-directed learning, and interactive activities.  Upon completion of the online portion, students participate in an in-person, hands-on session featuring skills practice and testing - no written test is required, but one can be requested.

Classroom: The classroom course is a video-based, Instructor-led course where students participate in learning stations. During the course, students work with an Instructor to complete the skills practice and skills testing. 

Course Completion Card

After successful completion of the course, students will receive an American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR AED eCard, valid for two years.