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Community Training Center
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
Contact us for more information.
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