American Red Cross health and safety classes are designed to support your needs, whether you are a parent, owner of a day care center, employee or someone who wants to help in an emergency. Courses are designed for the community, workplace and professional rescuer.
For Your Community
For almost a century, the American Red Cross has trained tens of millions of people in first aid and CPR. Now we’ve expanded our programs to include teaching people to use AEDs –automated external defibrillators . With American Red Cross training, you can feel confident that if an emergency occurs, you’ll know what to do.
Community First Aid and Safety includes First Aid Basics, Adult CPR, and Infant and Child CPR. The course components can be taken individually or in any combination.
First Aid for Children Today (F.A.C.T.) The F.A.C.T. Critter Clan Family of multicultural animal characters leads children on a path of discovery. Kids ages 5-8 learn about ways to be aware of dangers, how to prevent them, and how to respond to them if necessary.
Basic Aid Training (B.A.T.) introduces 8-12 year-olds to the emergency action steps, check, call, care and to first aid procedures. An activity book with puzzles and games teaches children how to prevent injuries and what to do in an emergency.
Sport Safety Training teaches coaches how to prevent, prepare for, and respond to sports-related injuries and emergencies. Suitable for coaches working with any level of athletics from children to adults.
Infant and Child CPR (5 1/2 hours)
Designed for childcare providers, teachers, parents and others who care for children, this course teaches how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies and how to use the EMS system effectively. Participants take home a refresher skills card as well as information about preventing injuries. This course applies to infants and children up to 8 years. Infant CPR is also available separately as a 3 1/2 hour course that applies to infants up to 12 months; Child CPR (4 hours) is available separately and applies to children age 1 to 8 years.
For Your Workplace
American Red Cross programs for your workplace provide the latest in lifesaving and safety instruction. Build the program that works for your business using our modular curriculum.
Choose one of our core courses, Workplace Training: Standard First Aid or Adult CPR/Automated External Defibrillation (AED). Then add a supplemental module such as Ergonomics; Slips, Trips, and Falls; Back Injury Prevention; or Workplace Violence Awareness.
Contact the Morgan County Chapter for more information
Workplace Training: Standard First Aid (5 1/2 hours)
Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, recognize, and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. Standard First Aid is also available in a 6 1/2 hour course with AED training included.
Adult CPR/AED (4 1/2hours)
Hands on skills-training for adult CPR and AED prepares participants to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies.
Adult CPR (3 3/4 hours)
Learn how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults.
Infant and Child CPR (5 1/2 hours)
Designed for childcare providers, teachers, parents and others who care for children, this course teaches how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies and how to use the EMS system effectively. Participants take home a refresher skills card as well as information about preventing injuries. This course applies to infants and children up to 8 years. Infant CPR is also available separately as a 3 1/2 hour course that applies to infants up to 12 months; Child CPR (4 hours) is available separately and applies to children age 1 to 8 years.
AED Essentials (2 hours)
Individuals currently certified in Adult CPR learn how to safely use an AED to provide care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
Injury Control Modules (1 hour each)
Focusing on common causes of worksite injuries and key health risks, these one-hour awareness-level modules highlight risks and promote prevention. Self-assessments help employees recognize risky habits. Demonstrations and lively discussions reinforce practical prevention tips. Modules include: Ergonomics; Slips, Trips and Falls; Back Injury Prevention; Workplace Violence Awareness; Managing Stress; and Your Heart Matters.
Preventing Disease Transmission . (2 hours)A training module for employers and employees who, while on the job, may be exposed to blood or other body fluids that could cause infection. Employers can offer this program as part of their compliance with OSHA regulations. Available in English and Spanish.
Oxygen Administration (2 hours)
Laypersons can learn when and how to use supplemental oxygen and breathing devices. Professional rescuers also learn advanced skills in airway management.
First Aid–When Help Is Delayed (2 hours)
This first aid course helps people prepare for and respond to an emergency where an EMS response could take 30 minutes or more.
Red Cross Disaster Services provides the following online resources for your business:
Preparing Your Business for the Unthinkable
The Emergency Management Guide for Business and Industry
Plus, Community Disaster Education Materials, including information about family disaster planning,are also available.
