CPR/AED Certifications at Franciscan Health Fitness Centers
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American Heart Association Certifications
Our CPR/AED classes are coming up in 2024 and we don’t want you to miss out. Our CPR/AED classes are run through the American Heart Association. The course covers adult, child, and infant CPR/AED standards and prepares you to act in a real-world situation through our video-based, instructor led format. Our instructors will observe your technique, provide feedback, and guide you along in the learning process to ensure you acquire the skills necessary to receive certification.
The course lasts 4 hours on average and is being offered at an affordable price of $50 for Franciscan Health Fitness Center Chesterton Members and $60 for Non-Members.
Upcoming dates for our CPR/AED course are as follows:
Saturday, August 31st from 8am-noon with Paul
Monday, September 23rd from 4:30-8:30pm with Jill
Tuesday, October 8th from 9am-1pm with Barbie
Our Heartsaver® First Aid is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services (EMS) arrives. Students learn skills such as how to treat bleeding, sprains, broken bones, shock and other first aid emergencies.
This class is open to Members $40 and Non-Members $50.
This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion certificate in First Aid to meet job, regulatory or other requirements. Heartsaver First Aid is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical thinking skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until the emergency medical services (EMS) arrives. Students learn skills such as how to treatbleeding, sprains, broken bones, shock and otherfirst aid emergencies.
Upcoming date for our American Heart Association First Aid course are as follows:
Thursday, October 17th from 5-8pm with Barbie
Be sure to sign up as class space is limited. Register at the Chesterton Service Desk or call for more information (219) 983-9832.
Highlights
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions with artificial breathing in an effort to manually revive an unresponsive person. Ultimately, the goal is to preserve intact brain function until additional measures can be taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
AVAILABLE AT: Chesterton
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) can be found in many public places, and are available for home use. These machines have pads or paddles to place on the chest during a life-threatening emergency. They use computers to automatically check the heart rhythm and give a sudden shock if, and only if, that shock is needed to get the heart back into the right rhythm.
AVAILABLE AT: Chesterton
The American Heart Association defines First Aid as helping behaviors and initial care provided to a person for an acute illness or injury. The goals of a first aid provider include preserving life, alleviating suffering, preventing further illness or injury, and promoting recovery. First aid can be initiated by anyone in any situation and includes self-care. First aid assessments and interventions should be medically sound and based on scientific evidence or, in the absence of such evidence, on expert consensus. First aid competencies include, at any level of training: Recognizing, assessing, and prioritizing the need for first aid, Providing care by using appropriate knowledge, skills, and behaviors Recognizing limitations and seeking additional care when needed The scope of first aid is not purely scientific; it is influenced by both training and regulatory constraints. The definition of scope is therefore variable and should be defined according to circumstances, need, and regulatory requirements.
AVAILABLE AT: Chesterton