REGISTRATION CATEGORY	EARLY 4/14	REGULAR	ONSITE 6/16
DENTIST - FDA/ADA MEMBER	$99	$99	$109
NON-MEMBER DENTIST	$149	$149	$159
TEAM MEMBER / GUEST	$99	$99	$109

Description:

This basic life support renewal course is designed to provide a wide variety of health care professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies and provide CPR for victims of all ages, including ventilation with a barrier device/Ambu bag, use an AED and relieve foreign body airway obstruction in a safe, timely and effective manner. This course will teach skills with the American Heart Association’s research-proven, practice-while-watching technique, which allows instructors to observe students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills. The course is intended for certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed health care professionals who wish to renew their active CPR/AED certifications. This course is a repeat of Mr. Vershel's course (CP3-4) on Saturday, June 1 from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Individuals with an expired certification are required to take the four-hour certification course (CP1-2) on Saturday, July 1 from 1-5 p.m. Upon completion of the course, each participant receives a Health Care Provider CPR/AED card valid for two years. Attendance is limited to 25.

Learning objectives:

Participants will be able to:

• explain the importance of early high-quality CPR.
• explain CPR with advanced airway.
• recall the basic steps of 1 and 2 rescuer CPR for adults, children and infants.
• explain bag-mask techniques, rescue breathing and relief of choking for adult, child and infant.
• explain the importance of early defibrillation.
• recall the basic steps for use of an AED.
• recall the basic steps to relieve choking for responsive and unresponsive victims over 1 year of age and for infants.
• explain the importance of each link in the American Heart Association adult and pediatric chain of survival.