Heart Saver AED
The Heartsaver AED Course is designed to prepare people to provide CPR and AED's in a safe, timely,
and effective manner. The course goals include cognitive and psychomotor objectives. This course is for
people with limited or no medical training who need a credential in CPR with AED. Anyone needing or
desiring a Heartsaver AED Course completion card can take this course. Course is taught by lecture, video
and student participation.
Importance of AED Training:
- As a Heartsaver trained in both CPR and use of an AED, you can increase the chances of survival for a victim of cardiac arrest. You may help save a life.
- The most frequent cause of cardiac arrest is the sudden onset of the deadly rhythm, ventricular fibrillation (VF).
- You can keep the heart and brain alive by performing CPR while you wait for the AED to arrive.
- The only effective treatment for VF is electric defibrillation with a defibrillator.
- The sooner you perform defibrillation, the greater the chance that defibrillation will work.
- The Heartsaver AED Course enables you to perform the life-saving skills of CPR and use of an AED for victims of cardiac arrest.
- The Heartsaver AED Course now teaches technique for shocking children from 1 to 8 years of age.
- Course length is 3-4 hours and student must successfully pass a skills evaluation on a manikin and AED.
