CPR Certification Classes

Adult and Child CPR/AED & First Aid for the Lay Responder

This course will teach members of the general public to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults, children, and infants and provide care of victims of sudden cardiac arrest through the safe use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Course is great for Student Teachers seeking CPR Certification.

Prerequisites
None

Certification Requirements
- Attend and participate in all course sessions
- Demonstrate competency in all required skills listed on the skills checklist
- Participate in all skills sessions
- Pass each section of the written exam with a score of 80% or better

Certification Issued & Validity Period
CPR/AED Adult - 2 years and First Aid - 3 years

Cost
$65 for Rec Members
$80 for Non-Members


Winter 2013 Dates (choose one session)
January 19
February 16
March 16
April 20

All classes are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
 

CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer/Health Care Provider

To teach those with a duty to act (professional rescuers) the skills needed to respond appropriately to breathing and cardiac emergencies. This includes the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) to care for a victim of cardiac arrest.

Course is great for those students seeking certification for the Nursing, Athletic Training, or Pre-Med testing requirement.

Prerequisites
None

Certification Requirements
- Attend all class sessions
- Participate in all skill sessions and scenarios
- Demonstrate competency in all required skills and scenarios
- Pass a final written exam with a minimum grade of 80% on both Section 1 and Section 2.

Certification Issued & Validity Period
2 years

Cost
$75 for Rec Members
$90 for Non-Members
 

Winter 2013 Dates (choose one session)
January 20
February 17
March 17
April 21

All classes are Noon - 6 p.m.

CPR Recertification

Dates and Times: Winter 2013 (choose one session)
January 18
February 15
March 15
April 19

Lay Responder: 3 - 5 p.m.  
Professional Rescuer: 5 - 7 p.m.

Wilderness and Remote First Aid

To provide individuals a foundation of first aid principles and skills to be able to respond to emergencies and give care in areas that do not have immediate emergency medical services (EMS) response. This includes wilderness and remote environments, including urban disasters, such as earthquakes and hurricanes.

Prerequisites
- Possess current adult CPR/AED certification
- Be at least 14 years of age on or before the last scheduled session of the course.

Course Objectives
- Define wilderness first aid
- Describe the difference between wilderness first aid and standard first aid
- Describe the importance of immediately establishing control of the scene and starting the primary assessment
- Discuss the importance of doing a secondary assessment
- Discuss calling for help from a delayed-help perspective and evacuation considerations
- Demonstrate a field assessment for injuries to the head
- Define types of abdominal pain and discomfort including gastroenteritis (stomachache) and diarrhea
- Describe the basics of an allergic response and its treatment and prevention
- Define altitude illnesses including acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)
- Define types of burn injuries
- Demonstrate a field assessment of a person with a chest injury
- Describe the contents of an adequate wilderness and remote first aid kit, and its uses
- Define the different types of heat-related illnesses
- Describe the mechanisms of heat loss versus heat gain
- Demonstrate a field assessment for injuries to bones and joints
- Define shock and discuss the stages of shock
- Define heart attack
- Define serious bleeding and demonstrate control of bleeding
- Describe briefly the general sequence of events during a submersion (drowning) incident
- Describe how lightning can cause injury and/or death

Certification Requirements
- Attend all class sessions
- Participate in all skill sessions and activities
- Demonstrate competency in all observable skills
- Complete the scenarios
- If certification required by employer or organization, pass the optional final written exam with a minimum grade of 80%

Certification Issued & Validity Period
Wilderness and Remote First Aid: 2 years

Cost and Participant Materials
- $40 for Rec Members
- $55 for Non-Members
- Cost includes participant manual, certification cards, and resuscitation mask.

Dates and Times:
TBD

Tuesday & Thursday: 5 - 8 p.m.
Saturday: 2 - 7 p.m.

Rec Sports
recsport@nmu.edu
Call 227-2519 or visit PEIF 126 to register.
An electronic copy of our registration form can be downloaded here.