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Do you need CPR for a Job?

Whether in the City or in the Suburbs the American Red Cross wants to help by teaching you how to save a life with CPR Training!

We provide Training Classes in the following areas: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties. We serve the community with twenty-three sites in the five county area.

Do you have the skills to help someone who is choking?

Would you like to help the community by offering training at your site?

Please contact us at:
courses@redcross-philly.org

Course Descriptions

Babysitter's Training

Ages 11-16 learn skills and responsibilities relevant to becoming a babysitter including infant and child supervision, feeding, diapering, staying safe and how to best respond to emergencies.  Includes baby sitter safety kit.

Blended Learning
A program which blends an online session with a skills practice and assessment session. Certification requirements are as follows:

  • Complete online session
  • Correctly answer at least 80 percent of the questions of the final exam. Note: Participants must successfully complete the online session before beginning the Skills Practice and Assessment Session.
  • Attend and participate in the skills practice and assessment session for the course
  • Demonstrate competency in all required skills

You can take this class for CPR Adult or First Aid. This Class is for those who need to be re-certified and for new students.

CPR Adult

Trains participants to respond appropriately to emergencies and how to perform rescue breathing, choking and Adult CPR.  Includes face shield. 

CPR Adult with AED

To give individuals in the workplace the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for breathing emergencies, perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

CPR/AED Adult Review

A refresher course for individuals certified in Adult CPR/AED.

CPR Adult, Child & Infant

Learn to respond to emergencies for adults, infants and children, in a single class.  Skills include rescue breathing, choking and Adult and Infant / Child CPR.

CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer

For individuals with a job-related duty to respond to emergencies.  Bag valve mask orientation.  Adult, Infant/Child CPR, Two person rescue, pocket mask.  For nurses, police, fire fighters, coaches and life guards.  Includes Pocket mask.

CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Review

A refresher course for individuals with a job-related duty to respond to emergencies.  Adult, Infant/Child CPR, Two person rescue and review of pocket mask, and bag valve mask use.  For nurses, police, fire fighters, coaches and life guards.  Must hold a current CPR/AED for the Professiionaal Rescuer certification. Must bring your own book and pocket mask.

CPR Child & Infant

Vital skills for parents and individuals in child-care field.  Learn how to respond  to life-threatening emergencies for infants and children.

Emergency Response

To train individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to work as a first responder in an emergency to help sustain life, reduce pain and minimize the consequences of      injury or sudden illness until more   advanced medical help can arrive.

First Aid

This  program will provide the skills needed  to respond to life threatening emergencies such as burns, seizures, and eye injuries.  Prerequisite for certification in First Aid:  Current Adult or Community CPR  Certificate.

First Aid with CPR Adult

Participants learn how to best respond to emergency situations in the home or office certification using Adult CPR and First Aid.

First Aid with CPR Adult, Child & Infant

Prepares you for just about any family emergency.  Includes CPR and First Aid training for an infant, child and adult.

First Aid With CPR Child & Infant

Vital skills for parents and individuals in child-care field.  Learn how to respond  to life-threatening emergencies for infants and children.   Along with basic First Aid for Children.

Lay Responder First Aid and CPR / AED Instructor

Participants qualify to be an American Red Cross CPR/FA/AED instructor Prerequisite:  Candidates must be at least 16 years old.

Lifeguard Instructor

Trains participants to teach Red Cross Lifeguard programs. 

Prerequisite:  Candidates must be at least 16 years old and hold a current lifeguard certificate.

Lifeguard Training

Comprehensive training for individuals 15 and over who wish to lifeguard at a swimming pool, lake or beach.  Includes CPR for the Professional Rescuer and First Aid certification.

Pediatric First Aid with CPR Child & Infant

This course teaches how to prevent injuries to children & infants, provides pediatric first aid, prevent infectious diseases, care for ill children and check for required immunization. This program is recognized by the state as the standard for training.

Pet First Aid

Learn how to keep your pets safe and act with confidence until help from a veterinarian can be obtained should your cat or dog sustain an injury or become suddenly ill.  Includes a Pet First Aid kit and book.

Pet First Aid Instructor

Learn how to instruct others to keep your pets safe and act with confidence until help from a veterinarian can be obtained should your cat or dog sustain an injury or become suddenly ill. 

Water Safety Instructor

Learn to teach various Red Cross Water Safety programs (learn to Swim, Basic Water Safety).  Candidates must be at least 17 years old.

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