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Heartsaver AED
The Heartsaver AED Course teaches the basic techniques of adult and child CPR and the use of an AED. Students also learn about using barrier devices during CPR and giving first aid to choking victims. The intended audience is all lay responders, such as firefighters, police, airline personnel, security guards, coaches, personal trainers, employees in the workplace, family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, other lay rescuers, and those who may have a need to respond to a cardiac emergency.

2008 Program Registration Form *(PDF format) Heartsaver Adult/Child CPR with AED
Heartsaver CPR
Heartsaver CPR is designed for the lay person interested in learning how to assist an adult or pediatric victim in a cardio respiratory emergency. This course is designed to teach CPR and relief of choking in adults, children and infants. You will also learn how to use barrier devices for all ages. This program is a popular choice for the general public wishing to receive certification (2 years) and for those who have a duty to respond to a cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements."

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format)  Heart Saver CPR Courses
Heartsaver CPR in Schools
CPR in Schools is a Heartsaver level course designed to teach CPR and choking to middle or high school students. This course is set up on request. Please contact the CPR Training Center at (973) 831-5172 for additional information
The Heartsaver First Aid Course
The Heartsaver First Aid Course provides the skills to effectively assess and maintain life from critical minutes immediately following an emergency until the arrival of emergency medical services personnel. The Heartsaver First Aid course consists of six modules. Three are elective. The required modules include General Principles, Medical Emergencies, and Injury Emergencies. An elective module is offered in Environmental Emergencies.

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) Heartsaver First Aid
The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid
The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid Course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in a child in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Topics include First Aid Basics, Medical Emergencies, Injury Emergencies, and Environmental Emergencies. Chilton Memorial Hospital is accredited by the American Heart Association as a CPR Training Center.

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid
CPR for Friends and Family
The Family & Friends CPR course is an entry-level class that teaches you how to perform CPR and how to help a person who is choking. You will learn to perform these techniques on adults, children and infants. The optional First Aid portion teaches how to manage illness and injuries in a child for the first few minutes until professional help arrives. This course is of particular interest to new and expectant parents, relatives, babysitters and seniors. The CPR for Family & Friends program is conducted according to the guidelines of the American Heart Association. Chilton Memorial Hospital is accredited by the American Heart Association as a CPR Training Center.

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) CPR for Family & Friends
BLS Healthcare Provider
The BLS Healthcare Provider Course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital. For certified or noncertified, licensed or nonlicensed healthcare professionals. The intended audience is healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician's assistants, residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) 2008 Health Care Provider Full Course
2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) 2008 Health Care Provider Renewal Course
The ACLS Provider Course
The ACLS Provider Course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest. Providers are expected to learn and manage 10 core ACLS cases: a respiratory emergency, 4 types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT), complex VF/VT, PEA, and asystole), 4 types of prearrest emergencies (bradycardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia, and acute coronary syndromes), and stroke. The intended audience is personnel staffing emergency, intensive care, or critical care departments; emergency medical providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other professionals who may have a need to respond to a cardiovascular emergency.

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) ACLS Full Course
ACLS Provider Renewal Course
The ACLS Provider Renewal Course is a one day course that provides updated information by the AHA and reviews and tests the provider on the above skills and knowledge.

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) ACLS Renewal Course
PALS Provider Course
The PALS Provider goal is to provide the learner with (1) information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest; (2) information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children; and (3) the cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock, or cardiopulmonary arrest.

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) PALS Provider Course
PALS Provider Renewal Course
The PALS Provider Renewal Course is a one day course that provides updated information by the AHA and reviews and tests the provider on the above skills and knowledge.

2008 Schedule and Registration form *(PDF format) PALS Provider Renewal Course