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Eagle EMS offers a variety of American Heart Association CPR and First Aid classes classes not only to its members but to the entire university community. A list of upcoming scheduled classes are on the right, however if you, your club, or department would like to schedule a classes for yourself, please feel free to contact the Director of Training.
Descriptions/costs of the courses offered are listed below:
American
Heart Association HCP CPR – Required of all Eagle EMS Members
Cost: Members $40; Nursing $45; BC affialite $50; General
Public $60
Time: Various Times/Dates. Course is approximately 4 hours
long
Description:
The BLS for Healthcare Providers Course (BCLS) covers core material such as adult and pediatric CPR (including two-rescuer scenarios and use off the bag mask), foreign-body airway obstruction, and automated external defibrillation. This course is designed for healthcare providers such as EMS personnel, physician assistants, doctors, dentists, and nurses, who must have a credential documenting successful completion of a CPR course, or to others, who wish to learn the most in-depth version of CPR available.
**This course satisfies the requirements for BC nursing students and Eagle EMS members.
American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR & AED
Cost: $20 to all students
Time: Various Times/Dates. Course is approximately 2.5 hours long
Description:
Depending on the exact course, Heartsaver CPR teachers CPR and the relief of chocking in adults, children, and infants, the use of barrier devices, and in some courses the use of an automated external defibrillator. This course is an intermediate CPR course, intended for those interested in learning CPR, want more then the family friends level, or need a certification card for a job/organization.
**This course DOES NOT satisfy the CPR requirements for BC nursing students or Eagle EMS Members
American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid
Cost: $20 to all students
Time: Various Times/Dates. Course is approximately 3.5 hours long
Description:
The Heartsaver First Aid course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Course content includes general principles, medical emergencies, injury emergencies, and environmental emergencies. This course does not cover CPR and AED.
American Heart Association Family & Friends CPR
Cost: $10 to all students ($5 at Special Mass CPR Events)
Time: Various Times/Dates. Mass CPR Class to be held in the Spring. Course is approximately 1.5 hours
Description:
The Family & Friends CPR program teaches how to perform CPR in adults, children, or infants, and how to help an adult, child, or infant who is choking. This course is intended for members of the general community who want to learn CPR but do not need a course completion card.
** This course DOES NOT satisfy the CPR requirements for BC nursing students or Eagle EMS members
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