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Norwalk, CT 06851
Phone: 1-800-319-9935
Fax: 203-227-0735

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Corporate Classes

Create a Safer Workplace and Protect Your Most Valuable Asset: Your Employees!

From CPR, first aid and automated external defibrillator (AED) training to injury prevention courses, bloodborne pathogens training and community disaster education, Red Cross training offers complete, flexible programs that help your company stay prepared for virtually any life-threatening situation.

Build the program that works for your business using our modular curriculum.

Select an area to learn more...

 Call our business specialist to develop a total learning experience for your employees

  Frank Bridge, DIrector of On-Site Training, (203) 683-4291

Frank.Bridge@mfcarc.org

 

Course Descriptions

First Aid and Preparedness (1-½ hours)
Streamlined to fit into busy work schedules, this interactive presentation is ideal for employees who want to learn lifesaving skills, but do not need to receive certification to meet OSHA regulations. A 90-minute session is packed with information to help employees stay prepared with valuable lifesaving skills.

Workplace Training: Standard First Aid (5 ½ hours)
Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, recognize, and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. This course covers first aid and adult CPR. Workplace Training: Standard First Aid with AED is available in a 6 ½ hour course with AED training included.

Adult CPR (3 ¾ hours)
For employers who need adult CPR training only, this hands-on skills training prepares participants to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults. Adult CPR/AED is available in a 4-1/2 hour course with AED training included.

Infant and Child CPR (5 ½ hours)
Designed for childcare providers, teachers, parents and others who care for children, this course teaches participants how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants and children up to 8 years.

Participants take home a refresher skills card as well as information about preventing injuries. Infant CPR is also available separately as a 3 ½ hour course that applies to infants up to 12 months; Child CPR (4 hours) is available separately and applies to children age 1 to 8 years.

AED Essentials (2 hours)
This course teaches individuals currently certified in Adult CPR how to safely use an AED to provide care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission (2 hours)
This newly-updated course meets OSHA's revised Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. This course teaches participants how bloodborne pathogens are spread, how to prevent exposures and what to do if exposed to infectious materials.

Injury Control Modules (1 hour each)
Focusing on common causes of worksite injuries and key health risks, these one-hour awareness-level modules highlight risks and promote prevention. Self-assessments help employees recognize risky habits. Demonstrations and lively discussions reinforce practical prevention tips. Modules include: Ergonomics; Slips, Trips and Falls; Back Injury Prevention; Workplace Violence Awareness; Managing Stress; and Your Heart Matters.

Oxygen Administration (2 hours)
Laypersons can learn when and how to use supplemental oxygen and breathing devices. Professional rescuers also learn advanced skills in airway management.

 

 

The American Red Cross
Last Updated: June 12, 2008