Description  AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Online is the eLearning portion of the Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Blended Learning Course and is designed to teach how to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. The course is intended for those involved in child care who have a duty to respond to children’s health emergencies.  This course meets the regulatory requirements for child care workers in all 50 U.S. states. It teaches child care providers and others to respond to illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives.  CE/CME credits are not offered for this course. Skills sessions must completed within 90 days of the completion of the online course. You can find your completion date printed on your completion certificate.

Who Should Take This Course? This course is perfect for students who have the convenience of completing the course at their own pace at work, home, or wherever Internet access is available.  The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Class is intended for child care workers, teachers, foster care workers, camp counselors, youth organizations, coaches for children’s sports organizations and others responsible for children including parents, grandparents, babysitters and guardians

Course Content

• Priorities, roles, and responsibilities of a rescuer providing first aid to a child or infant
• The four key steps in first aid for children and infants: prevent, protect, assess, and act
• Removing protective gloves
• Finding the problem
• Assessment and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, and shock
• How to control bleeding and bandaging
• Using an epinephrine pen
• Recognizing common injuries and illnesses
• How to find information on preventing illness and injury
• Legal questions that apply to pediatric first aid rescuers
• How high-quality CPR improves survival
• Concepts of the AHA Chain of Survival
• Recognizing when someone needs CPR
• Performing high-quality CPR for a child or infant
• Performing high quality CPR for an adult*
• Giving effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
• How to use an AED on a child
• How to help a choking child, infant, or adult
• *Optional module:  How to use an AED on an adult*

Required Student Materials 15-1404 Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Online. Skills sessions must completed within 90 days of the completion of the online course. You can find your completion date printed on your completion certificate.

Course Format Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course in a self-directed manner online, followed by a hands-on session with an American Heart Association certified instructor.

Course Completion Card  AHA certification cards will be processed as eCards. Students can expect to receive their cards within 2 business days following the class. The email will come from ecards@heart.org with a link to claim the eCard.Learn more >