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Community First Aid and CPR

Red Cross Health Adult, Infant and Child CPRPurpose:  To give individuals the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic care for breathing and cardiac emergencies until advanced medical personnel take over.

This is a Community First Aid and CPR class providing certification in Adult, Infant and Child CPR as well as First Aid. A new component of Blood Borne Pathogen and Preventing Disease Transmission training has also been added to this class. However, students may sign up for CPR only if desired.

Prerequisites:  None

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe how to recognize and handle an emergency.
  • Explain how to check the scene for safety and the victim for consciousness.
  • Explain when and how to move a victim from a dangerous scene.
  • Describe when to call and how to interact with the emergency medical services (EMS) system.
  • Explain why and how to apply basic precautions to reduce the risk of disease transmission during and after providing care.
  • What Good Samaritan Laws are and how they apply to emergency situations.
  • What consent means and how to obtain consent in an emergency involving an adult, child or infant.
  • Describe how to prioritize care for life-threatening injuries or sudden illnesses.
  • Describe how to check a conscious victim for life - and non-life-threatening conditions.
  • Describe how to recognize the signals of a heart attack and how to give care.
  • Demonstrate how to care for a victim who is having a breathing emergency; and.
  • Demonstrate how to perform CPR to an adult, child and infant.

Certification Requirements:

  • Attend and participate in all course sessions.
  • Demonstrate competency in all required skills listed on the skills checklist;
  • Participate in all skills sessions and scenarios; and
  • Pass the final written exam with a score of 80 percent or better.
Certificates Issued and Validity Periods:  Adult, Child and Infant CPR - 1 year.

Participant Materials:  American Red Cross First Aid for Schools and Communities Participant's Manual.

To download the latest Class Schedule, please click here. *

* Registration is required at least four days prior to class.

Contact chapter@arcwcc.org for registration information or phone 970-242-4851.

Together We Can Save a Life

American Red Cross, Western Colorado Chapter
506 Gunnison Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone:  970-242-4851
Fax   970-241-2337
Email:  chapter@arcwcc.org