CPR and AED

Get the best CPR and AED training in one simple program.

Our CPR and AED program teaches the principles of basic life support for adults, children, and infants. It gives you the latest guidelines for CPR and emergency cardiac care, starting with how to assess the scene of an emergency and take stock of the victim's condition. The course details how to perform one-rescuer CPR and rescue breathing, and how to manage choking in a conscious person. It also addresses infection control.

The AED portion of the program details key operating characteristics and shows you proper precautions and maintenance techniques. It explains how AEDs work and why they're a critical part of emergency cardiac care. It also includes guidelines for meeting the state Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) laws, and outlines the need for medical direction.

It's for:

Emergency response teams, safety personnel, supervisors, fire, police ambulance, health care providers, athletics trainers, airline employees, life guards.

Duration:

3-4 hours

On the importance of AEDs

The National Safety Council has long been recognized as a leader in CPR training. Our programs offer the very latest techniques and guidelines. Now we've taken our CPR training one step further by adding AED to the program.

Nearly every two minutes, someone dies of sudden cardiac arrest. Automated external defibrillation (AED) could save a quarter of these lives. AED devices are showing up everywhere from industrial settings to shopping malls, and the demand for training is rising.

The National Safety Council makes it easy for anyone to learn CPR and AED. We give you all the background information you need to feel confident in the event of an emergency - and help save a life.

About 400 workplace deaths from cardiac arrest are reported to OSHA every year. An average time to defibrillation of 5 minutes would produce a 40 percent survival rate. That's 160 lives per year that could be saved. Employers should consider using AEDs at their worksites to reduce time to defibrillation and improve survival rates.

For information on Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) programs, visit the American Heart Association's website .

For guidelines on workplace programs, go to the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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Why limit the benefits to public places?

Now that the FDA has approved a home version of the AED, it makes sense for everybody to get trained in its use -- consumers included.