Class Enrollment

Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED
Date/Time:	Thu 11/6/2025 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Location:	Central Virginia Center for Simulation and Virtual Learning (Lynchburg)
Class Price:	$65.00

CPR is available to all Centra caregivers. Non-licensed/certified caregivers or employees not providing direct patient care should take HEARTSAVER® FIRST AID CPR AED. Some examples include security personnel, concierge, ambassadors, patient sitters, unlicensed mental health associates, occupational therapy assistants, dieticians, and any admin or non-clinical employees. Others as determined by department policy.

PLEASE NOTE: Any caregiver who is licensed or certified and provides direct patient care is required to have AHA BLS certification. Heartsaver is NOT a BLS certification course and WILL NOT meet that requirement. If you are unsure which course to take or which is required for your role, refer to departmental policy, reach out to your manager/direct supervisor, or contact the Centra AHA Training Center at ahatrainingcenter@centrahealth.com.

The Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED Course is designed to prepare participants to provide basic first aid, CPR, and defibrillation (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Students are taught how to perform these skills individually or as part of a team. Participants of this course may provide care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in and out of the hospital. Students must successfully complete skills tests to obtain a course completion card. Objectives of this course include:

Heartsaver® CPR/AED:

• Understand the AHA Chain of Survival
• Recognize when a victim needs CPR and how high-quality CPR can improve outcome
• Describe and demonstrate high-quality CPR on adults/children/infants
• Understand how to give breaths to a victim with a barrier device
• Describe and demonstrate how to properly use an AED
• Describe and demonstrate how to assist a choking victim
• Describe how to help a victim with a drug overdose emergency

           Heartsaver® First Aid:

• Describe priorities, roles, and responsibilities of first aid rescuers
• Describe and demonstrate how to properly remove protective gloves
• Describe and demonstrate how to find the problem
• Describe the assessment and first aid actions for life-threatening conditions such as heart attack, stroke, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding, and shock.
• Describe and demonstrate the proper use of an epinephrine pen
• Describe and demonstrate how to control bleeding and bandage a wound
• Recognize elements of common illnesses and injuries

Attendance Credit:         3.0 hours for Heartsaver® CPR AED only

                                    5.0 hours for Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED

The goal of AHA courses is to improve outcomes for people with cardiovascular disease, especially those who need CPR or emergency cardiovascular care (ECC). AHA research shows that providers’ skills begin to decay only weeks after taking standardized resuscitation courses, which can lead to poor clinical care and survival outcomes for cardiac arrest patients. AHA courses utilize “Mastery Learning” and “Overlearning” to improve how well providers learn and retain these critical skills. Students practice skills until they demonstrate mastery, using a combination of video and deliberate practice. They train beyond the minimum standard for behaviors that are likely to decay, such as rendering high-quality BLS. AHA requires successful completion of skills tests using accurate, objective, and uniform testing. If indicated, remediation provides additional opportunity for the student to master the required skills of the course.

Heartsaver® classes are held at Centra’s AHA Training Center, located within the Central Virginia Center for Simulation and Virtual Learning. 905 Lakeside Drive, Suite B, Lynchburg, Virginia, 24501.  Please use the main entrance to the Virtual Learning Center.

CLASSES START PROMPTLY ON TIME. Students are expected to attend and participate in the entire course. Due to course content, late admittance is not permitted. Students arriving late will be rescheduled. NO EXCEPTIONS.

In cases of inclement weather, please call (434) 200-2373 after 7:30 am on day of class to obtain the status of the class or check the Centra Connect facebook page.0