The purpose of the American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) course is to ensure that individuals with a duty to respond (public safety professionals and healthcare providers) have the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies. The course emphasizes active, hands-on learning and uses scenario activities to help participants learn how to provide one rescuer and two rescuer CPR, multiple rescuer response, how to use an AED and relieve an obstructed airway for adult, child and infant patients. Participants will learn how to check both a conscious and unconscious patient, how to give effective ventilations to a patient experiencing a cardiac arrest and/or respiratory arrest, including using a resuscitation mask and bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator. Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an American Red Cross certificate for Basic Life Support, valid for two years.

Options available:

• Blended learning, please contact us for details. You can find the online portion here: https://redcrosslearning.com/course/9d5f0320-caee-11eb-b768-7fea2266a481
• BLS with First Aid, please contact us for details.

The American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers (CPRO) program trains individuals with a duty to act including lifeguards, EMS personnel, police, security personnel, firefighters and athletic trainers – to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants until more advanced medical personnel take over. This course is also intended for individuals serving in roles that would be called upon to provide support in emergency situations, such as aquatic facility, gym/fitness club or community/recreation center staff. Successful students will receive an American Red Cross certificate for CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers valid for two years.

Options available:

• Blended learning option available, please contact us for details. You can find the online portion here: https://www.redcrosslearning.com/course/d7aeac00-2619-11e7-ba95-3b1151af8d64
• CPRO with First Aid, please contact us for details.

The American Red Cross EMR course provides participants the knowledge and skills necessary to work as an emergency medical responder (EMR) to help sustain life, reduce pain and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until more advanced medical personnel take over. In addition to basic life support skills, participants will learn to use airway adjuncts, emergency oxygen, the signs and symptoms of medical, environmental and behavioral emergencies, including altered mental status, seizures, poisoning, substance abuse and misuse, heat-related illnesses, cold-related emergencies and stroke, the components involved in access and extrication, the different types of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) and how to respond to HAZMAT incidents, the purpose and functional positions of the incident command system (ICS) and the role of the EMR in the ICS, types of multiple-casualty incidents (MCIs) and the principles of triage, the role of EMS operations during terrorist, public health, weapon of mass destruction (WMD) and disaster emergencies, as well as how to respond to special rescue situations, such as ice, hazardous terrain, confined spaces, cave-ins, crime scenes, foreground operations and special events.

Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an American Red Cross certificate for Emergency Medical Responder with Basic Life Support, Emergency Oxygen, Asthma, and Epi, valid for two years.

The American Red Cross Lifeguarding course provides lifeguard candidates with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries, and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over.

Prerequisites:

• Candidates must be at least 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of the course.
• Swim-Tread-Swim Sequence
  • Jump into the water, totally submerge, recover to the surface and swim 150 yards.
  • After swimming 150 yards, immediately maintain position at the surface of the water for 2 minutes by treading water using only the legs.
  • After treading for 2 minutes, immediately swim 50 more yards.
    • While swimming, you must swim continuously, keeping your face in the water and demonstrating good breath control, while keeping your body horizontal in the water.
    • You may use the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both. Swimming on the back or side is not permitted.
    • Swim goggles are allowed.
    • You cannot hold the wall or lane line at any point in the sequence.
    • While treading, you can only use your legs and must keep your body in a vertical position.
    • Place your hands under your armpits.
    • Your head must remain above the surface of the water.
• Timed Event
  • Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds.
    • Starting in the water, swim 20 yards on the surface.
    • Surface dive (feet-first or head-first) to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object.
    • Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point, holding the object at the surface with both hands and keeping the face at or near the surface.
    • Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.

Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an American Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED, valid for two years.

Options available:

• Waterfront module, click here for details.
• Waterfront lifeguard training, click here for details.
• Blended learning option available, please contact us for details.

This is an advanced first aid course. The purpose of the American Red Cross Responding to Emergencies program is to help students recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. The courses in this program teach students the knowledge and skills needed to give immediate care to an injured or ill person and to decide whether advanced medical care is needed. It is a more in-depth course than Standard First Aid.

RTE can be bundled with CPR/AED and/or Bloodborne Pathogens. Please ask for details.

The primary purpose of the American Red Cross Lifeguarding with Waterfront Skills course is to provide lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries, and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over. The waterfront module teaches lifeguards the skills and knowledge needed to prevent and respond to emergencies in non-surf, open-water areas found at public parks, resorts, summer camps and campgrounds.

WFLG prerequisites:

• Swim-Tread-Swim Sequence
  • Jump into the water, totally submerge, recover to the surface and swim 350 yards.
  • After swimming 350 yards, immediately maintain position at the surface of the water for 2 minutes by treading water using only the legs.
  • After treading for 2 minutes, immediately swim 200 more yards.
    • While swimming, you must swim continuously, keeping your face in the water and demonstrating good breath control, while keeping your body horizontal in the water.
    • You may use the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both. Swimming on the back or side is not permitted.
    • Swim goggles are allowed.
    • You cannot hold the wall or lane line at any point in the sequence.
    • While treading, you can only use your legs and must keep your body in a vertical position.
    • Place your hands under your armpits.
    • Your head must remain above the surface of the water.
• Timed Event
  • Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds.
    • Starting in the water, swim 20 yards on the surface.
    • Surface dive (feet-first or head-first) to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object.
    • Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point, holding the object at the surface with both hands and keeping the face at or near the surface.
    • Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.
• Underwater swim
  • Swim five yards, submerge and retrieve three dive rings spaced five yards apart. Return to the surface and swim five yards, then exit the water.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive an American Red Cross Lifeguarding with CPR/AED For the Professional Rescuer, First Aid and Waterfront Skills certificate, valid for two years.

Options available:

• Blended learning, please contact us for details.

The purpose of the American Red Cross Waterfront Skills module is to teach lifeguards the skills and knowledge needed to prevent and respond to emergencies in non-surf, open-water areas found at public parks, resorts, summer camps and campgrounds.

Candidates must have a current American Red Cross Deep Water Lifeguarding with CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid certificate.

Course Prerequisites:

• Swim-Tread-Swim Sequence
  • Jump into the water, totally submerge, recover to the surface and swim 350 yards.
  • After swimming 350 yards, immediately maintain position at the surface of the water for 2 minutes by treading water using only the legs.
  • After treading for 2 minutes, immediately swim 200 more yards.
    • While swimming, you must swim continuously, keeping your face in the water and demonstrating good breath control, while keeping your body horizontal in the water.
    • You may use the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both. Swimming on the back or side is not permitted.
    • Swim goggles are allowed.
    • You cannot hold the wall or lane line at any point in the sequence.
    • While treading, you can only use your legs and must keep your body in a vertical position.
    • Place your hands under your armpits.
    • Your head must remain above the surface of the water.
• Timed Event
  • Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds.
    • Starting in the water, swim 20 yards on the surface.
    • Surface dive (feet-first or head-first) to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object.
    • Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point, holding the object at the surface with both hands and keeping the face at or near the surface.
    • Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.
• Underwater swim
  • Swim five yards, submerge and retrieve three dive rings spaced five yards apart. Return to the surface and swim five yards, then exit the water.

Upon successful completion, candidates will receive an American Red Cross certificate for Waterfront Skills valid for 2 years. (The Waterfront Skills certificate is only valid when accompanied by a current American Red Cross Deep Water Lifeguarding with CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid certificate.)

The American Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid course meets OSHA’s Best Practices for Workplace First Aid Training Programs standards and provides participants a foundation of first aid principles and skills to be able to respond to emergencies and give care in areas that do not have immediate emergency medical services (EMS) response. This includes wilderness and remote environments, including urban disasters, such as earthquakes and hurricanes. Participants will learn the importance of immediately establishing control of the scene and starting the primary assessment, how to do a secondary assessment, calling for help from a delayed-help perspective, evacuation of a victim, field assessment for injuries to the head, neck, back and spine, altitude illnesses including acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), the contents of an adequate wilderness and remote first aid kit, heat-related and cold-related illnesses, field assessment for injuries to muscles, bones and joints, and controlling bleeding.

Prerequisites:

• Possess a current adult CPR/AED certification
• Be at least 14 years of age on or before the last scheduled session of the course

Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an American Red Cross certificate for Wilderness and Remote First Aid, valid for two years.