Automated External Defibrillator - or AED heart-saver training for first responders including correct first aid for choking, recovery and aspirin administration.

Course Objectives

• Recognise the signs and symptoms of four major emergencies
• Correct operation of the AED machine
• Appropriate use of the AED machine

Who Is This Course Intended For?

Any professional, person or organisation who has a duty of care or may need to respond to these emergencies: police, airline staff, security personnel, business owners, restaurant owners, managers and staff of any public space, event organisers, corporate employees or managers, sports club and gym staff, family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, other rescuers.

Anyone who needs or wants to learn CPR and how to operate an AED.

Course Content

• Revision of CPR
• Heartsaver AED Course Presentation
• Heartsaver AED for Adults and Children
• Airway Management
• Responding to Choking
• The Recovery Position
• Aspirin Administration

Participants

Up to 6 per instructor

Duration

Half-day certification and course accreditation by the Irish Heart Foundation