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CPR/AED�Adult, Child and Infant��
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Course Fee:� $55.00
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Purpose: Train lay responders to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants.
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Prerequisites:� NONE
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Learning Objectives.
-Describe how to recognize and respond to an emergency
-Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.
-Identify the difference between consent and implied consent.
-Describe the three emergency action steps.
-Explain when and to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.
-Explain when and how to move a person from a dangerous scene.
-Identify how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
-Demonstrate how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
-Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.
-Explain how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.
-Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.
-Describe how to prioritize care for injuries and sudden illnesses.
-Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency.
-Demonstrate how to care for a person who is choking.
-Demonstrate how to recognize and care for a person who is not breathing.
-Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.
-Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
-Describe how to care for a heart attack.
-Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
-Identify prevention strategies to decrease the risk of breathing emergencies.
-Explain when and how to move a child fro a dangerous scene.
-Demonstrate how to care for a child who is choking.
-Demonstrate how to recognize and care for an infant who is not breathing.
-Demonstrate how to give CPR to an infant.
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Length:� Approx. 4 hrs. and 50 mins.
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Instructor: A currently authorized American Red Cross Lay Responder First Aid and CPR/AED, Emergency Response, Lifeguarding or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer program instructor.
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Certification Requirements:
-Attend and participate in all course sessions.
-Demostrate competency in all required skills listed on the skills checklist.
-Participate in all skills sessions.
-Pass each section of the written exam with a score of 80 percent or better.
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Certificate Issued and Validity Period:� CPR�Adult, Child and Infant: 1 year
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If you are interested in Taking Adult, Child, Infant CPR, Click on Standard First Aid/AED-Adult Child, Infant. You have the option of not staying for First Aid, and will be charged $55.00, vs. $65.00�
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Call 831.7700 for Chapter Headquarters (Providence office) or 401-846-8100�East Bay office (Middletown) to register.
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