Training Courses / BLS
Basic CPR Training Courses
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Lt. John Pratt - 248-343-5230
Lt. Chris McAuliffe - 248-343-5234
Sgt. Rick Selke - 248-887-9050
RJ Lennis - 248-887-9050
FF James Szegi - 248-343-6717 or jszegi@comcast.net

BLS Heartsaver Course
BLS Heartsaver Plus Course
BLS Heartsaver AED Course
BLS Healthcare Provider Course
BLS Heartsaver FACTS Course
Questions and Answers About CPR Training

BLS Heartsaver Course: 
Entry-Level CPR and First Aid for Choking
 This entry-level course offers guidelines for one-rescuer adult, child, and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The course includes information on first aid for choking. Other topics covered are the Chain of Survival, normal heart and lung anatomy and function, how to recognize a heart attack, stroke warning signs, and recommendations for prudent heart living.
Intended Audience: General public, boys/girls clubs, and mass CPR training participants.
Course Length: 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
Student Text: Basic Life Support Heartsaver Guide: A Student Handbook for CPR and First Aid for Choking
Instructor Materials: To identify your needs, see "At-a-Glance"
Card Type: Student attendance or participation card
Written/Skills Evaluation: None

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BLS Heartsaver Plus Course
The Heartsaver Plus course is intended for lay providers who may be first responders to an emergency that requires the use of CPR and barrier devices. Heartsaver Plus covers the Chain of Survival, early recognition of a heart attack, and management of the victim who is experiencing a heart attack but who is not in cardiac arrest. It also covers rescue breathing, one-rescuer adult CPR, pediatric CPR, and management of foreign-body airway obstruction. 
Intended Audience: Lay responders to cardiac emergencies in the workplace or other setting outside a hospital and whose jobs require completion of a written evaluation and successful skills performance.
Student Text: Heartsaver Plus
Card Type: Course completion card
Written/Skills Evaluation: Yes, both

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BLS Heartsaver AED Course
The Heartsaver AED course teaches the basic techniques of adult CPR and use of an automated external defibrillator. Students also learn about using barrier devices in CPR and giving first aid for choking. The course teaches how to recognize the signs of four major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, and foreign-body airway obstruction.
Intended Audience: Fire-
fighters, police, airline personnel, security guards, other laypeople, 
and those who may need to 
respond to a cardiac emergency.
Student Text: Heartsaver AED
Card Type: Course completion card
Written/Skills Evaluation:
Yes, both

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BLS Healthcare Provider Course
The BLS Healthcare Provider course is designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals who respond to cardiac and respiratory emergencies. The content of this course includes adult and pediatric CPR, foreign-body airway obstruction, and two-rescuer CPR. The course contains new information on barrier devices, stroke, and automated external defibrillation, including a new algorithm for use of automated external defibrillators. 
Intended Audience: Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, EMTs and other professionals whose jobs require completion of a written evaluation and successful skills performance.
Student Text: Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
Card Type: Course completion card
Written/Skills Evaluation: Yes, both

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BLS Heartsaver FACTS
The Heartsaver FACTS program is the first product of a collaboration between the American Heart Association and the National Safety Council. The Heartsaver FACTS course combines adult CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) with basic first aid procedures. Students of this course will be taught how to perform adult CPR, relieve airway obstruction by a foreign object, use a barrier device during rescue breathing, use an AED, and provide first aid for acute injuries and sudden illnesses. Individuals who successfully complete the national cognitive and skills evaluations in accordance with the curriculum of this American Heart Association and National Safety Council course are eligible to receive the Heartsaver FACTS Course Completion Card.
Intended Audience: The Heartsaver FACTS program targets lay responders, including firefighters, police, commercial airline crews, security personnel, employees in the workplace, family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, and other laypersons.
Course Length: 7 1/2 to 8 hours.
Student Materials: Heartsaver FACTS
Instructor Materials: Heartsaver FACTS: Instructor's Manual, Heartsaver FACTS: First Aid Instructor's Tool Kit, Heartsaver FACTS: Instructor's Tool Kit, Heartsaver FACTS Video Set (Heartsaver AED and First Aid), Heartsaver FACTS: Instructor's Upgrade Package, Heartsaver FACTS: Slide Set (Heartsaver AED and First Aid), Heartsaver FACTS (First Aid), and Heartsaver FACTS: Instructor's CD-ROM.
Card Type:Course completion card
Written/Skills Evaluation: Yes, both

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Questions and Answers About CPR Training

1. What are the recommended renewal dates for the AHA cards?

Two-year renewal/expiration dates must be designated on all American Heart Association (AHA) Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) course cards. Employers may determine if their employees need more frequent training. However, all AHA course cards are valid for 2 years. Community Training Centers (CTCs) must follow this policy on all AHA ECC course cards.
2. If your card expires, is there a grace period?

AHA does not give grace periods. Granting of grace periods for provider courses is determined by the CTC. The AHA instructor card is invalid after the expiration date indicated on the card. If a candidate or instructor seeking renewal presents an expired card, he or she may not be eligible to participate in a renewal course and may have to retake the initial course.
3. I have lost my course card (Heartsaver, ACLS, etc). How can I get it replaced?

Contact the instructor or the coordinator of the CTC (eg, hospital, community college) where you took the class. Replacement of lost cards is the responsibility of the CTC.
4. Does the American Heart Association offer first aid?

Yes, the Heartsaver FACTS program is the product of a partnership between the American Heart Association and the National Safety Council. The Heartsaver FACTS course combines adult CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) with basic first aid procedures. Students in this course will learn how to perform adult CPR, relieve airway obstruction by a foreign object, use a barrier device during rescue breathing, use an AED, and provide first aid for acute injuries and sudden illnesses.
5. How do I become an AHA Instructor?

Following are some of the prerequisites for taking an AHA Instructor Course:
  • Each candidate must present a current AHA provider completion card for the course he or she wishes to teach. 
  • Each candidate must have a letter from an affiliate/regional or course faculty member recommending that the candidate become an instructor, except for Basic Life Support (BLS) instructors. 
  • Each candidate must have a letter from a CTC coordinator indicating that the CTC will accept the candidate as an instructor. 
  • Each candidate must have a willingness and desire to teach in accordance with the scientific and program guidelines of the AHA. 
  • Each candidate must make a commitment to teach 2 courses per year according to AHA guidelines.
6. When were the current training course materials (ACLS textbook, Healthcare Provider, etc) produced?
  All current training materials are the January 2004 editions. 
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