LS Health & Safety is proud to offer American Red Cross certification courses. Our classes are training programs taught through a combination of lecture, interactive video and hands-on training with an experienced instructor. Students successfully completing one of our courses will be provided with a two year certification from the American Red Cross.

Here is a brief description of our classes:

Standard First Aid:

Participants learn to recognize and care for a variety of first aid emergencies, such as burns, cuts and scrapes, sudden illnesses, head, neck and back injuries, and heat and cold emergencies.

• • • Learn about Before Giving Care:
      • Recognizing an emergency
      • Learn how to check an injured or ill person
      • Prioritizing injuries
      • Learn about consent and implied consent
      • Good Samaritan Laws
      • Reduce risk of disease transmission
      • Learn how activate the emergency medical services (EMS) system
      • Learn how to check for life threatening and non-life threatening conditions
        in a conscious and unconscious person
      • Identify signals of shock and minimize the effects of shock.

Adult, Child and Infant CPR/AED:

Participants learn how to perform CPR and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults.

Adult CPR:

• Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency
• Identify the  links in the cardiac chain of survival
• Learn how to care for a heart attack
• Learn to perform CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscitation)
• Recognize the signals of breathing emergencies
• Learn how to care for a conscious/unconscious person who is choking

Child and Infant CPR:

Participants learn how to prevent, recognize and respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies in infants and children under the age of 12.

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AED:

Participants learn how to use automatic external defibrillators.

• • • • Study the heart’s electrical system
      • Understand defibrillation and how it works
      • Identify precautions to take when using an AED (automated external defibrillator)
      • Demonstrate how to use an AED

Bloodborne Pathogens

This course is designed for first responders, health care professionals, lifeguards, and other workers who are at risk for on-the-job exposure to blood and body fluids that can cause infection. The course helps to meet training requirements for the OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard.

     Note: This course comes with a one (1) year certification.

Basic Life Support (BLS):

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) uses a scenario-based approach to develop the critical thinking and problem solving skills that drive better patient outcomes. It is consistent with AHA Guidelines for CPR/ECC, and covers breathing and cardiac emergencies – including CPR, AED, and obstructed airway – for adult, child, and infant patients.

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Babysitter’s Training:

This course gives youth ages 11 to 15 years old the knowledge and confidence to care for infants and school-age children. Combining video, activities, hands-on skills training and discussion for a complete learning experience, Babysitter’s Training teaches youth how to:

• • • Respond to emergencies and illnesses with first aid, rescue breathing and other appropriate care.
    • Make decisions under pressure
    • Communicate with parents to learn household rules
    • Recognize safety and hygiene issues
    • Manage young children
    • Feed, diaper and care for infants
    • Start their babysitting business

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