This full-color manual is the required student text for the Heartsaver(R) First Aid CPR AED course.
General Overview
This workbook is the required student text for the instructor-led, classroom-based Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course, which teaches participants critical skills and knowledge needed to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services arrives. This course also teaches adult CPR AED. Workbook is also useful as a post-course reference book. Manual is based on the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC.
Key Features and Benefits
Workbook includes information on:
first aid basics (including scene safety, finding the problem, and calling for help)
medical emergencies (including actions for choking, breathing problems, and shock)
injury emergencies (including actions for bleeding, broken bones, and burns)
environmental emergencies (including actions for bites and stings, and temperature-related and poison emergencies)
adult CPR AED
child CPR AED (optional module)
infant CPR (optional module)
Dimensions and Specifications
8 1/2" x 11"
136 pages, plus one each of three pocket reference cards:
child and infant CPR AED reminder card, 8 panels, 2 7/8" x 3 3/4" (folded)
Full-color, softcover book
800-773-8895
*The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge & proficiency in BLS, ACLS, & PALS & 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. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the Association.
