Raven EMS Education Program Manual
RAV-120 Heartsaver (AHA CPR) Course

This course covers the basic knowledge and skills for the performance of CPR. Various course options may include infant CPR, child CPR, adult CPR, and/or the management of foreign body airway obstruction (NC Community Colleges, 2024).

Course Description

The Heartsaver CPR AED course trains participants to give CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). The AHA Heartsaver CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory, or other requirements (AHA, 2024).

Prerequisites

None

Course Options

• Blended Learning Online: Heartsaver CPR AED Online is the eLearning portion of the Heartsaver CPR AED Blended Learning Course and teaches information needed for CPR and AED training. Upon completion of the online portion, students must complete a hands-on skills session with an AHA Instructor. Online course run times range from 1 hour to 1¹/₂ hours, and the hands-on skills session can be completed in 1³/₄ hours.
• Classroom: This course is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches adult and child CPR and AED use, infant CPR, and how to relieve choking in adults, children, and infants. This course teaches skills with the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills. The classroom course can be completed in approximately 1³/₄ hours (including optional lessons and breaks).

Course Topics

• 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
• Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
• 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 when and how to help a choking adult or child
• Demonstrate how to help a choking infant*
• Note: *Child and infant modules are optional.

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