Heartsaver® for K-12 Schools

This Heartsaver® CPR AED course is exclusively for K-12 students, faculty, and staff.

The Heartsaver CPR AED course is designed to prepare students to perform CPR  and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Heartsaver courses are designed to be flexible and customizable with optional modules, and are intended for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course .

After successfully completing the Heartsaver CPR AED course, students should be able to:

• describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
• explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
• recognize when someone needs CPR
• perform high-quality CPR for an adult alone or as a team member during multi-rescuer CPR (child and infant CPR modules are optional)
• give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a barrier device for all age groups
• demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult (child and infant AED modules are optional)
• describe when and how to help a choking adult or child (infant choking module is optional).

Upon successful completion of each course, including relevant skills testing, students receive a course completion card that is valid for two years.