After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
- list the priorities, roles, and responsibilities of a rescuer providing first aid to a child or an infant
- describe the four key steps in first aid for children and infants: prevent, protect, assess, and act
- remove protective gloves
- describe the assessment and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, and shock
- control bleeding and bandaging
- use an epinephrine pen
- recognize elements of common injuries and illnesses
- recognize the legal questions that apply to pediatric first aid rescuers
- describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
- explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
- recognize when someone needs CPR, and perform high-quality CPR for an infant, child, or adult (adult CPR module is optional)
- give effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
- demonstrate how to use an AED on a child or an adult (adult AED module is optional)
- describe when and how to help a choking infant, child, or adult.
Steps to Completing Your Course
- Click on the Book Now button above to purchase your online course key and skills session voucher code. You will receive an immediate confirmation email that includes the course access code needed for the online component AND the skills session registration. You do not need to schedule the skills session until you have completed the online course (Part 1).
- Once you have received your course access keycode in the confirmation email, go to https:onlineaha.org. Enter your alphanumeric key code in the “New Users” box, and click on the activate button.
- Complete the online portion of the course at a convenient time. Make sure that you print your certificate of completion at the end of the course to bring with you to the skills session.
- Schedule your skills session by clicking Courses->American Heart Association page of this website after completing Part 1. You will select the “Skills Session Only” section to select a convenient time. Your alphanumeric key code will be used in the Promo Code box during registration to waive the skills session fee – you need not pay separately if you purchase the entire blended learning course from us.
- Complete the Skills Session as scheduled at our training center.
Upon completion of this course, students receive an American Heart Association Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Completion Card that is valid for two years.
