CPR for the Professional Rescuer
CPR for the Professional Rescuer
Students who are required to take this level of training include nurses, law enforcement and EMS personnel, fire fighters, business and industry response teams, lifeguards, flight attendants and others who must take action in emergency situations.
Upon completion participants will receive a one-year certification in CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for the Professional Rescuer. The books and pocket masks used during the class are included in the fee and are the yours to keep after the course.
Professional rescuers will learn how to:
- Recognize and provide care in respiratory and cardiac emergencies in adult, child and infant victims
- Perform two-rescuer CPR and techniques for special rescue situations
- Utilize techniques used in saving a victim of choking
- Use resuscitation masks and bag-valve-masks for ventilating victims
- Use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- Reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
To register for a course:
Contact the Seattle Red Cross for a course schedule.
http://www.seattleredcross.org/Education/course.aspx?c=5376
To take a Refresher:
Contact Joanne Bottenberg for locations and times.
Refeshers are usually held on two weekends in the Fall (the last weekend in September & the second weekend in October. It takes about 2-3 hours to challenge the skills and take the written exam. Times are between 8am-4pm. KCSARA members can drop in anytime before 2pm. Fee is $10 and you must bring your pocket mask.
Joanne.Bottenberg@comcast.net
425-829-1194
Last updated on July 05, 2007.