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 infants and children.

Prerequisites:  Adult CPR

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 infant or child;

• Recognize the signals of a breathing or cardiac emergency;

• Learn how to care for an infant or child who has stopped breathing;

• Recognize the signs and symptoms of a breathing emergency;

• Identify how to reduce the risk of injury to children and infants;

• Learn how to care for an infant or child who is choking; and

• Learn how to perform CPR to an infant or child 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: Infant and Child CPR – 1 year