Description
* Please provide the expiry date of your current certificate before making the transaction. *Please have certificate ready upon request.
IN CLASS It is a recertification class, meaning you already have an existing certificate that is just about to expire or has just expired within the week of the course date. The Heart & Stroke led instructor, reviews with you theory and provide updated guidelines. It is an opportunity to answer all your questions in a very dynamic in person session where you will benefit from ample opportunity for hands-on skills practice, expert coaching, debriefing, team scenarios and comprehensive skills testing.
All Heartsaver® CPR AED – Level C courses offer the same learning objectives – to equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to be able to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) on an adult, child and infant experiencing a cardiac arrest in a safe, timely and effective manner.
In just a few hours – through video-based lectures, hands-on practice, and knowledge and skills testing – you will gain the confidence and ability to perform critical life-saving skills.
What you can expect in all Heartsaver® courses*
- Introduction to CPR and AED: How high-quality CPR improves survival and the critical role of lay responders in the Chain of Survival.
- Signs of cardiac arrest: A review of the signs including sudden collapse, unresponsiveness, not breathing normally or making gasping sounds.
- CPR: Learn how to perform high-quality CPR – chest compressions and breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a pocket mask.
- AED: Learn how to use an AED.
- Choking relief: Learn the critical techniques to help a person who is choking.
- Other life-threatening emergencies: Learn how to help someone in an opioid-associated life-threatening emergency and a drowning emergency.
- Hands-on practice: Doing CPR and using an AED on mannequins to build confidence and proficiency.
- Scenario-based training: Applying your knowledge and skills to simulated cardiac arrest emergency situations to build confidence and readiness to respond in real-life situations, with a greater focus on women in cardiac arrest.
