AHA Family & Friends CPR course for free (non-certification courses)

American Heart Association Family & Friends CPR course for free (non-certification course)

You will receive some great life-saving training, like:  How to perform CPR on someone that has suffered a heart failure/cardiac arrest,  how to relieve choking in someone, and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

We provide this training to help improve the dismal cardiac arrest survival rate in our area.   Over 85% of cardiac arrests result in death – not because they have to, but rather, because very few people perform CPR prior to EMS arrival, and only once in a blue moon that and AED is available is one applied to a cardiac arrest victim prior to EMS arrival.  Communities that have over 60% Bystander CPR and use of an AED before arrival of ambulance or EMS, also have over 50% survival rates.

Why we even offer non-certification training?

Really 2 reasons:

1)  We teach several certification courses every month, but those are how we stay in business, and how we buy groceries and pay our bills, by offing free non-certification training is how we give back to our community.

2)  The certification courses are at least an couple of hours longer. While non-certification course usually last only 1- 1 1/2 hours and teach valuable life saving skills.

If you are not required to present a certification card for your job or other reasons… why not take one of our non-certification courses for free!?!

Our certification courses are already priced as inexpensive as possible, as Heartsaver is $75 for First Aid / CPR / AED. Our BLS Provider courses are priced at $75.00 as well.  The BLS Provider course is for nurses, EMT’s, paramedics, dental assistants, radiologic techs, dental hygienists – pretty much any clinician that treats patients.

The training we offer through this community  course might be Free, but it’s still valuable.  While, a certification card in your purse or wallet won’t save another person that is dying from heart failure  –  but, the knowledge and skills you learn and practice in our Free CPR course (non-certification) is what provides you with the psychomotor skill and confidence to perform CPR on your loved one, or co-worker.   There’s only 3 ways you can help someone that suffers cardiac arrest.  Call 911, perform CPR,  and the knowledge to use a defibrillator (AED) if one is available.  We teach and practice all 3 of those.  Cardiac arrest is a time-critical health problem.  The victim needs CPR done within 6 minutes and AED applied within 8 minutes to have a good chance to survive with normal neurological function.  We have some fantastic, dedicated EMS professionals – we appreciate them greatly!  However, they only respond when called, and generally they are 7 1/2 to 10 minutes (or more sometimes) away from the cardiac arrest victim – and that’s too late.   Bystanders and family members need to perform quality CPR if we’re going to improve the likelihood of your loved one surviving a cardiac emergency.

Family & Friends CPR is a non-certification course, but it teaches the life-saving skills of adult Hands-only CPR, and CPR on children and infants with breaths.  Also how to use an AED, and how to help a choking victim.  It only takes 1 1/2 hours, about 60% less than the certification courses.

Come join us and learn to save a life.  Over 75% of cardiac arrests happen in the home – so you’ll likely be learning a skill to save a family member or close friend.  Can you use these skills to save a stranger?   You sure can  (and, I bet they never ask to see your certification card).

In the next few months, we are teaching non-certification AHA Family & Friends training courses.   These course will be held monthly.

Please register for the class you want to attend by clicking here to sign up .      Tell your friends, too  (but, please tell them no certification card is issued after this training).

This class will be held every third Saturday of the month @ GVV from 4:30-5:30 pm.

If this doesn’t work for your schedule feel free to contact us for a private class and ask us about our group rate for us to come to your employment and recert your group.

To register for this awesome course Click here 

You can purchase an optional course booklet and reminder placard cards for $25.00.