Life Saving Skills

These programs prepare a variety of individuals to respond to cardiac and first aid emergencies, and are approved by the America Heart Association. We currently offer two training options: BLS for Healthcare Providers, and Heartsaver First Aid.

For information about these CPR and First Aid classes, and to obtain a class schedule, please contact the Academy of Health Career Training at 210-531-3287.

BLS for Healthcare Providers

This course is designed for a wide variety of healthcare providers who seek instruction in lifesaving skills of respiratory and cardiac emergencies involving adults, children, and infants. This class is ideal for licensed healthcare providers, non-licensed healthcare providers, nursing students, or other individual sin the healthcare field.

This class is $65.00, and students must be registered and paid at least 5 days prior to the class date. The required American Heart Association book is included in this price.

Topics include:

• Adult, child, infant CPR
• Adult, child AED (Automated External Defibrillation)
• 2-person rescue scenarios
• Foreign body airway obstruction
• Recognition of several life-threatening emergencies

Heartsaver First Aid

This course is designed for those with a duty or desire to respond to cardiac or first aid emergencies until professional help arrives. Ideal for family and friends, employees in the workplace, or other lay responders.

This class is $60.00, and students must be registered and paid at least 5 days prior to the class date. The required American Heart Association book is included in this price.

Topics Include:

• Adult, child, infant CPR
• Adult, child AED (Automated External Defibrillation)
• Adult first aid
• Environmental emergencies
• Medical emergencies
• Choking
• General lifesaving principles

Please see the Summer 2008 Catalog for course dates and times.