The AHA's Heartsaver First Aid and CPR AED courses have been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care and the 2015 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Update for First Aid.


Heartsaver courses are designed to prepare students to provide first aid, CPR, and automated externaldefibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner. These courses are designed to be flexible and customizable with optional modules.


At the end of the Heartsaver CPR AED Course, students should be able to:

  • Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
  • Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
  • Recognize when someone needs CPR
  • Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
  • Perform as a team member during multi-rescuer CPR
  • Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
  • Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
  • Perform high-quality CPR for a child*
  • Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child*
  • Perform high-quality CPR for an infant*
  • Describe how to use an AED on an infant*
  • Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
  • Demonstrate how to help a choking infant*
    *Child and infant modules are optional.

At the end of the Heartsaver First Aid Course, students will be able to:

  • List the priorities, roles, and responsibilities of first aid rescuers
  • Describe the key steps in first aid
  • Remove protective gloves
  • Find the problem
  • Describe the assessment and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: heart attack,
    difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, shock, and stroke
  • Use an epinephrine pen
  • Control bleeding and bandaging
  • Recognize elements of common injuries
  • Recognize elements of common illnesses
  • 描述如何找到信息防止生病ness and injury
  • Recognize the legal questions that apply to first aid rescuers