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CPR & First Aid Training with AED

Millersville University offers American Red Cross certified training with instructor James Devlin from the Millersville University Police Department.

Program purpose:
The purpose of the American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Program is to give individuals 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.

Program materials, required equipment, and supplies:
The following materials are provided for you

Adult, child, and infant CPR & AED class:

Adult CPR skill card.
Infant and child skill card.
Breathing barrier.
Rubber gloves (non-latex).
Participants booklet.

First Aid Class:

First Aid skills card.
Rubber gloves (non-latex).
(2) 4x4 inch gauze pads.
(1) roller bandage.
Participants booklet.

(Pen, pencil, and notebooks for each class are optional and not provided)

Certification requirements:
Upon sucessful course completion, each participant will receive an American Red Cross certificatation. CPR certification is valid for one year and first aid is valid for three years.

Costs:
Adult CPR only- $30.00
Adult CPR & First Aid - $40.00
Adult, Infant, & Child CPR - $40.00
Adult, Child, Infant CPR & First Aid - $50.00
Infant & Child only - $30.00
First Aid only - $30.00

How can you attend a class:
You can register for any of the above listed classes by sending an email to jdevlin@millersville.edu

Facts about CPR

Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in adults. Most arrests occur in persons with underlying heart disease.
CPR doubles a person's chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest.
75% of all cardiac arrests happen in people's homes.
The typical victim of cardiac arrest is a man in his early 60's and a woman in her late 60's.
Cardiac arrest occurs twice as frequently in men compared to women.
CPR was invented in 1960
There has never been a case of HIV transmitted by mouth-to-mouth CPR.
In sudden cardiac arrest the heart goes from a normal heartbeat to a quivering rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF). This happens in approximately 2/3rds of all cardiac arrests. VF is fatal unless an electric shock, called defibrillation, can be given. CPR does not stop VF but CPR extends the window of time in which defibrillation can be effective.
CPR provides a trickle of oxygenated blood to the brain and heart and keeps these organs alive until defibrillation can shock the heart into a normal rhythm.
If CPR is started within 4 minutes of collapse and defibrillation provided within 10 minutes a person has a 40% chance of survival.