Purpose: Train individuals to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life–threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults.

Prerequisites: None

Learning Objectives

• Identify how to respond to emergency situations by checking to see if it is safe to intervene;

• Identify the three general steps in the emergency action plan;

• Identify how to use your community’s emergency medical services (EMS) system effectively;

• Demonstrate how to check a conscious or an unconscious victim;

• Recognize the signals of a breathing or cardiac emergency;

• Learn how to care for an adult who has stopped breathing;

• Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency;

• Learn how to care for an adult who is choking;

• Identify the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and describe how to reduce them;

• Recognize the signals of a heart attack and provide care to reduce the chance of cardiac arrest; and

• Learn how to perform CPR to an adult who shows no signs of circulation.

Length:  Approximately 4 hours

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

• Pass the final written exam with a score of 80 percent or better.

Certificate Issued and Validity Period: Adult CPR – 1 year