Heartsaver CPR
The Heartsaver CPR Course is a modular course that teaches lay rescuers how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies, including cardiac arrest and choking for adult, child and infant victims.
Students also learn to recognize the warning signs of heart attack and stroke in adults and breathing difficulties in children. The program is divided into three different courses, providing choices.
- Heartsaver CPR for All Ages
This course teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction in the adult, infant and child.
- Heartsaver CPR for Adults
This course teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for the adult.
- Heartsaver CPR for Infants and Children
This course teaches CPR and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for infants (birth to 1 year of age) and children (1 year to the onset of puberty).
Course Length
- All ages: 2 1/2 - 4 hours depending on the number of students.
- Adult only: 1-2 hours.
- Infant/child only: 1-2 hours.
Intended Audience
All lay rescuers, such as employees in the workplace, day care employees, babysitters, firefighters, police, airline personnel, security guards, family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, other lay rescuers, and those who may have a need to respond to an emergency
Student Materials: Heartsaver CPR Text
Card Type: Course completion card
Skills Exam: Required for completion card
Cost: $35 Renewal
$45 First Time Student or if your CPR Card is Expired
The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the Association.
