Health and Safety Institute, Inc. uses National Safety Council approved courses.
Standard
First Aid, CPR, and AED
Pediatric
First Aid, CPR, and AED
CPR
and AED
Combined First Aid and Bloodborne Pathogens
Standard First Aid, CPR and AED
In the 8-hour Standard First Aid, CPR, and AED course, you will learn:
Basic life support, including how to properly perform CPR and use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
How to properly respond to an emergency, including checking the victim, recovery position, and preventing the spread of disease during treatment
How to properly treat for wounds, bleeding, shock, burns, bone, joint, and muscle injuries, poisoning, cold, and heat emergencies.
How to rescue and move victims.
You will receive a 3-year First Aid certification and a 1-year CPR certification upon successfully completing the course.
It's for:
Emergency response teams, safety personnel,
supervisors, individuals requiring certification.
Duration: 8 hours
Pediatric First Aid, CPR and AED
Course content:
No matter how careful you are, kids get hurt. We can help you
handle the usual bumps and bruises, as well as more serious injuries and sudden
illnesses. The National Safety Council's Pediatric First Aid, CPR and AED
programs cover the latest techniques for emergency care, plus practical safety
tips for preventing injuries.
Our programs also address important issues such as caring for children with medical conditions (asthma, diabetes, HIV), and dealing with signs of abuse and neglect.
Our pediatric programs were the first to focus exclusively on how injuries affect babies and young children. Child care professionals praise them. And they meet the first aid and CPR certification standards of all 50 states.
The Pediatric First Aid, CPR and AED course covers:
It's for:
Child care providers, early childhood education
professors or students, youth organizations, parents.
Duration: 6-24 hours, depending on state regulations and topics
In the 4-hour CPR and AED course, you will learn how to properly perform CPR and use and Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
You will receive a 1-year CPR certification upon successfully completing the course.
It's for:
Emergency response teams, safety personnel, supervisors, fire, police
ambulance, health care providers, athletics trainers, airline employees, life
guards.
Duration: 3 - 4 hours
Pathogens are germs that cause disease. Bloodborne pathogens are germs transmitted from one person to another through contact with blood or other potentially infecious materials (OPIM). Airborne pathogens are germs that are spread through the air and can be contracted by inhaling the germ.
In the 4-hour Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens class, you will learn:
Definitions and information about specific bloodborne pathogens, including Hepatitis B and C and HIV.
Definitions and information about specific airborne pathogens, including Tuberculosis
How bloodborne and airborne pathogens are spread
How to prevent infection, including personal protection equipment (PPE), engineering controls, work practice controls, universal precautions, and exposure control plans.
This class fulfills OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29CFR 1910.1030), as well as the NFPA required education and training standards for infection control.
It's for:
Individuals who may come in contact with infectious materials and environments as part of their job (responders, health care professionals, lab technicians, dentists, dental hygienists, fire, police, ambulance, EMS, as well as permanent makeup, tattoo, and piercing professionals).
Duration: 4 hours Cost: $150
First Aid, Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens
Please see the above for a description of Bloodborne and AIrborne Pathogens.
In the 8-hour First Aid, Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens class, you will learn:
How to properly respond to an emergency, including checking the victim, recovery position, and preventing the spread of disease during treatment
How to properly treat for wounds, bleeding, shock, burns, bone, joint, and muscle injuries, poisoning, cold, and heat emergencies.
How to rescue and move victims.
Definitions and information about specific bloodborne pathogens, including Hepatitis B and C and HIV.
Definitions and information about specific airborne pathogens, including Tuberculosis
How bloodborne and airborne pathogens are spread
How to prevent infection, including personal protection equipment (PPE), engineering controls, work practice controls, universal precautions, and exposure control plans.
You will receive a 3-year First Aid certification. In addition, this class fulfills OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29CFR 1910.1030), as well as the NFPA required education and training standards for infection control.
It's for:
Emergency response teams, safety personnel, supervisors, individuals who may come in contact with infectious materials and environments as part of their job (responders, health care professionals, lab technicians, dentists, dental hygienists, fire, police, ambulance, EMS, as well as permanent makeup, tattoo, and piercing professionals).
Duration: 8 hours Cost: $180