First Aid/CPR/AED for Schools and the Community

One of our most popular courses, it is great for community needs. This course combines lectures, demonstrations and video with hands-on training and practice. Participants in this course learn to recognize and respond to emergencies including shock, cardiac and breathing emergencies for adults, children and infants, heat and cold emergencies, sudden illnesses and poisonings. Additionally, participants will learn first aid for everything from cuts and scrapes to muscle, bone and joint injuries.

It’s easy to sign up, just call the Gibson County Chapter of the American Red Cross at (812) 386-6300 and ask about this training program. You can also check out our calendar of events and look for the next class.

CPR – Adult

American Red Cross adult CPR training complements a variety of learning styles with hands-on practice and real-life scenarios. Our take-away materials are designed for use both in the course and outside the classroom as reference tools.

Combining lecture, video demonstrations and hands-on manikin training, this course teaches participants to:

• Call and work with EMS
• Perform CPR and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies
• Avoid bloodborne pathogens exposure
• Know the role of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the Cardiac Chain of Survival

CPR- Infant and Child

Whether you're a professional childcare provider, teacher or parent, you invest daily in a child's future. Trust the American Red Cross to help you make sure they reach their future safely. Backed by over 90 years of lifesaving experience, the American Red Cross offers the most comprehensive, current and high quality infant and child CPR programs available. Our infant and child CPR training is based on the latest scientific findings. Your American Red Cross representative will work with you to meet your specific training needs.

Save Time, Save Lives:

With the American Red Cross, you can meet all your training needs in one convenient day. Have your training on-site or at your local Red Cross chapter. Or prepare selected employees to train the rest of your staff. Have the satisfaction of knowing your infants and children are safe because their caregivers' emergency and safety skills came from the very best in safety training.

Choose the Program that's Right for You:

• CPR – Child and Infant (4-1/4 hours) - applies to infants and children age 12 and under.
• CPR – Infant (3-3/4 hours) - applies to infants under the age of 1.
• CPR – Child (3-3/4 hours) - applies to children between the ages of 1 and 12.

What You Will Learn:

• Recognizing an Emergency. What are some unusual sights appearances or behaviors in infants or children that can help you recognize an emergency situation?
• Protecting Yourself. What precautions can you take to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care?
• Check-Call-Care. Once you recognize an emergency, remain calm and follow the emergency action steps: Check-Call-Care.
• How to care for a child or infant who is choking.
• Prioritizing care. In an emergency with more than one victim, how would you determine which victim needs care first?
• Recognize and care for a child or infant who is not breathing.
• Care for cardiac emergencies.

Take-home tip sheets help keep kids safe:

• Check it Out -- a Safety checklist.
• Child Passenger Safety Tips
• Choking Prevention for Infants and Children
• Fire Safety Tips
• Playground Safety
• Poison Prevention
• Sun Exposure
• Water Safety Tips

Plus, skill cards that include pictures and steps for all the skills you learn. Purchase extra copies for your car, boat or first aid kit. Give them to friends, family, babysitters and others who care for children.

AED - Adult and Child

This course teaches participants the skills and knowledge needed to provide care for adults experiencing sudden cardiac arrest through the safe use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Also to learn how to use an AED with pediatric AED pads on child victims between the ages of 1 and 8 or less than 55 pounds. A current American Red Cross CPR - Adult and Child certificate is a prerequisite for this training.

AED training teaches participants:

• What defibrillation is and how it works
• The causes of sudden cardiac arrest
• The role of CPR in cardiac arrest
• How to use an AED, including precautions when using and AED

It’s easy to sign up, just call the Gibson County Chapter of the American Red Cross at (812) 386-6300 and ask about this training program. You can also check out our calendar of events and look for the next class.