CPR
Which Course is Right for Me?
The MAAC offers two types of American Heart Association CPR courses. Read on to decide is HeartSaver CPR or Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR for healthcare providers is the right fit for you.
The MAAC also offers private CPR and First Aid classes you can book for a group. This includes HeartSaver, BLS, Educator/K-12, and Friends and Family. Please contact [email protected] for pricing or more information.
HeartSaver CPR
The American Heart Association’s Heartsaver CPR AED course trains participants to provide CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
After successful completion of the course, students will receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years.
Who Should Take This Course?
Heartsaver courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for job, regulatory (for example, OSHA), or other requirements. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Examples of who should take HeartSaver CPR: good Samaritans, lifeguards, babysitters, businesses and restaurant staff with on-site AEDs.
What does this course teach?
WHAT DOES THIS COURSE TEACH?
- 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
- Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
- Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
- Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
- Perform high-quality CPR for a child*
- Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child*
- Perform high-quality CPR for an infant*
- Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
- Demonstrate how to help a choking infant*
Basic Life Support (BLS)
The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
After successful completion of the course, students will receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years.
Who Should Take This Course?
BLS is geared towards prehospital providers, like EMTs, paramedics, fire fighters, and in-facility hospital providers. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.
Examples of who should take BLS CPR: healthcare providers, first responders, staff from dentist’s offices, nursing homes, and childcare providers.
What does this course teach?
- High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
- The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
- Important early use of an AED
- Effective ventilations using a barrier device
- Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
