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Heart attack victims who receive early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have a much better survival rate than those who do not. That's why we have aligned with the American Heart Association to make CPR courses accessible throughout our area.

SEMS is proud to offer quality courses to healthcare facilities, companies, organizations and groups throughout Southwestern Connecticut:  The SEMS staff is a talented team of experienced health care providers working to provide you with an enjoyable learning experience.

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS and PALS, and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association, and any fees charged for such a course do not represent income to the Association.

The Stamford EMS CTC provides the following American Heart Association courses:


BLS for Healthcare Providers
The BLS for Healthcare Providers Course teaches the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen), use of an AED on adults and children, and relief of airway obstruction in responsive and non-responsive victims.
Target Audience:  The course is designed for healthcare providers who care for both in and out of hospital.
Course Length:     4.5 hours approx.
Renewal Course:
     2 hours approx.

BLS Instructor
This course provides instructor candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach Basic Life Support (BLS) courses for healthcare providers and lay rescuers. BLS Instructors may teach the BLS for Healthcare Providers and Heartsaver-level courses including Heartsaver CPR, Heartsaver AED, Heartsaver CPR in Schools, and CPR for Family and Friends.
Course Length:     6 hours approx.

Heartsaver® CPR
The Heartsaver CPR Course is a modular CPR course that teaches rescuers how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies, including cardiac arrest and choking for responsive adult, child, and infant victims. Students also learn to recognize the warning signs of heart attack and stroke in adults and breathing difficulties in children. This program teaches rescue breathing with and without the use of barrier devices. Heartsaver CPR (all ages) teaches CPR and relief of choking in the adult, infant, and child. Heartsaver CPR (adult module) teaches CPR and relief of choking in the adult. Heartsaver CPR (infant and child module) teaches CPR and relief of choking for infants (birth to 1 year) and children (1 to 8 years).
Target Audience: 
Those with a duty to respond, such as employees in the workplace, daycare workers, baby-sitters, police, airline personnel, security guards; family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac arrest, other rescuers, and those who need or want to learn CPR.
Course Length:    
2 hours approx., 3 hours with Infant CPR

Heartsaver® AED
The Heartsaver AED Course teaches the basic techniques of adult CPR and use of an AED. Child AED and infant/child CPR may be taught if students live or work in a setting where children are present. Students also learn to use barrier devices in CPR and give first aid for choking in the responsive victim. The course teaches how to recognize the signs of 3 major emergencies: heart attack, stroke and choking.
Target Audience: 
Those with a duty to respond, such as police, airline personnel, security guards, and employees in the workplace; family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death; and other rescuers who may need to respond to a cardiac emergency and need to learn how to operate an AED.

Course Length:     2.5 hours approx. 3.5 hours with Infant CPR

Heartsaver® First Aid
The Heartsaver® First Aid course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Course content includes General Principles, Medical Emergencies, and Injury Emergencies. Optional topics include CPR and AED, and Environmental Emergencies.
Course Length:     3.5 hours approx., 6.5 hours with CPR and AED, 7.5 hours approx. with Infant CPR

Heartsaver® CPR in Schools
The Heartsaver® CPR In Schools course, tailored to middle school and high school students, teaches CPR and AED use, relief of choking in adults and children, and infant CPR and relief of choking.
Course Length:    
2 hours approx., 3 hours with Infant CPR, 2 hours, 45 minutes approx. with AED, 3 hours, 45 minutes with AED and Infant CPR

Family & Friends™ CPR
Get your friends and family together for dinner and learn how to save a life!
The Family & Friends™ CPR program teaches how to perform CPR in adults, children, or infants and how to help an adult, child, or infant who is choking.

Course Length:
     1 hour, 15 minutes approx. for Adult CPR or Infant CPR, 2.5 hours for combined Adult/Infant CPR

Family & Friends™ First Aid for Children
The Family & Friends™ First Aid for Children program teaches how to manage illness and injuries in a child for the first few minutes until professional help arrives. This program covers such topics as preventing injuries, recognizing and treating basic first aid emergencies, and relief of choking in infants and children.
Course Length:     7 1/2 hours approx. 6 1/2 hours without infant CPR

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