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Schuylkill Valley EMS Community and Business Training Center
Schuylkill Valley EMS is an American Heart Association approved Community Training Center for Basic Life Support Courses. SVEMS offers classes here at station in our own training facility as well as on the road at your location of choose. SVEMS provides training to all types of civic organizations as well as training for local Schools, and Businesses. Listed below are some of the classes our current training center provides. If you require a class and don't see it listed please contact our training department as we usually can provide the Course you are looking for.
Heartsaver First Aid
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Total Hours: 4
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Class Size: 6 – 18
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Heartsaver First Aid" Card (80-1202)
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: The Heartsaver First Aid course covers basic medical and injury emergencies and has environmental component. The topics are broad, and can be formatted to fit the individual needs. This class is 4-hours long and meets OSHA . Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
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Mandatory "Heartsaver First Aid" Text - $14.50 (80-1042)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Heartsaver CPR & First Aid (Combo Class)
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Total Hours: 7
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Class Size: 6 – 18
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Heartsaver First Aid" Card (80-1202)
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Course Description: The Heartsaver CPR & First Aid course is offered every month. Those who need just the Heartsaver CPR or just the First Aid only have to attend the discipline required. This is a 7-hour course that will teach the participant how to perform CPR, use of a barrier device during rescue breathing, relieve a foreign body airway obstruction, an introduction to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and provide first aid for acute injuries and sudden illnesses (Child & Infant training by request). This course meets state and national requirements. Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
Materials Needed for Class:
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Mandatory "Heartsaver First Aid with CPR and AED" Text - $14.50 (80-1058)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
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Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid
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Total Hours: 7
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Total Days: 1
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Class Size: 6 – 18
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid" Card (80-1201)
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid course is a 7-hour special request program. This course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in a child in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Topics include First Aid basics, medical emergencies, Injury emergencies Environmental emergencies, and other first aid topics. This class is recognized by Washington state to fulfill the requirements for child care workers and meets OSHA and WISHA requirements. Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
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Mandatory "Heartsaver First Aid with CPR and AED" Text - $14.50 (80-1001)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Heartsaver CPR for Adult, Child, & Infant
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Total Hours: 3
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Class Size: 6 – 18
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Heartsaver CPR" Card (80-1204)
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: The Heartsaver CPR for Adult, Child, & Infant program is for those needing a certification for CPR but are not professional rescuers. This course is 3-hours, and covers adult, child, and infant CPR, FBAO (Foreign Body Airway Obstruction), training in barrier devices, preventing transmission of infectious diseases and an introduction to AEDs. The post-test will cover the discipline learned. Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
Materials Needed for Class:
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Mandatory "Heartsaver CPR" Text - $11.50 (80-1021)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
$30 Skills Test for participants who took their course online.
Healthcare Provider CPR
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Total Hours: 5
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Class Size: 6 – 18
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Healthcare Provider" Card (70-2915)
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: The Healthcare Provider CPR course is a professional level CPR designed for licensed healthcare professionals and those wanting to become BLS – Instructors. This course is 5-hours long and the information presented in the program include adult, child & infant CPR, use of an AED, and relief of FBAO (Foreign Body Airway Obstruction). Pre and post tests are required to pass. Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
Materials Needed for Class:
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Mandatory "BLS for Healthcare Providers" Text - $14.30 (80-1010)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Additional Information:
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Healthcare Provider CPR - Renewal
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Total Hours: 3.5
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Class Size: 6 – 18
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Healthcare Provider" Card (70-2915)
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Prerequisite: Non-expired HCP Card
Course Description: The Healthcare Provider – Renewal course is for professionals who have an AHA Healthcare Provider card that has not yet expired. This course is 3.5-hours long and reviews the skills of adult, child & infant CPR, use of an AED, and relief of FBAO (Foreign Body Airway Obstruction). A written exam is required to pass. Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
Materials Needed for Class:
Books:
Mandatory "BLS for Healthcare Providers" Text - $14.30 (80-1010)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Additional Information:
Online Renewal available on the American Heart Association website. Student will be charged $30 for skills test. Student must bring the copy of their online certificate. Schedule an appointment for skills after speaking with the program manager.
Heartsaver CPR in Schools
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Total Hours: 3
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Total Days: Varies
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Time: School Decides
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College Credits: 0
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Class Size: 6 – 24
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Heartsaver CPR" Card (80-1200)
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: The Heartsaver CPR in Schools program is designed to teach both Adult and Pediatric lay rescuer CPR to middle or high school students. This course covers rescuer skills in CPR, use of barrier devices, an introduction to AEDs, and relief of FBAO (Foreign Body Airway Obstruction). Infant and AED training is optional. Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
Materials Needed for Class:
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Mandatory "Heartsaver CPR in Schools" Text - $11.05 (80-1045)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Additional Information:
Program must have a minimum of 6 students.
Family & Friends CPR
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Total Hours: 5
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Class Size: 6 – 24
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Family and Friends CPR" Card in back of F&F CPR book
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: The Family & Friends CPR program is designed to teach all lay rescuers, such as school children, family members and others who want to learn rescue skills. This course is broken into three separate programs (Adult, Child and Infant) and covers CPR and FBAO (Foreign Body Airway Obstruction) for all ages.
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Mandatory "CPR for Family and Friends" Text - $3.00 (80-1027)
CPR Anytime Kit includes: Inflatable manikin (with integrated adult/child compression clicker), 22-minute instructional DVD, Family and Friends booklet, wipes, spare manikin lung and directions. All for $38.94 (80-1066 Light Skin or 80-1421 Dark Skin).
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
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Program must have a minimum of 6 students.
Family & Friends First Aid for Children
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Total Hours: 2
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Class Size: 6 – 24
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "F&F First Aid for Children" Card in back of F&F FA book
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Course Description: The Family & Friends First Aid for Children program is a 2-hour course designed to teach how to manage illness and injuries in a child for the first few minutes until professional help arrives. This program covers such topics as preventing injuries, recognizing and treating basic first aid emergencies, and relief of choking in infants and children.
Materials Needed for Class:
Books:
Mandatory "Family and Friends First Aid for Children" Text - $3.00 (80-1034)
CPR Anytime Kit includes: Inflatable manikin (with integrated adult/child compression clicker), 22-minute instructional DVD, Family and Friends booklet, wipes, spare manikin lung and directions. All for $38.94 (80-1066 Light Skin or 80-1421 Dark Skin).
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Additional Information:
Program must have a minimum of 6 students.
Heartsaver AED for Adult, Child, & Infant
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Total Hours: 6
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Class Size: 6 – 18
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Heartsaver AED" Card (70-2810)
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: The Heartsaver AED for Adult, Child, & Infant program consists of CPR component and instruction surrounding AED use for offices, companies and instructors who have purchased an AED and want to train people how to use it. The Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is an important device used in emergency cardiovascular care. This program teaches the basic technique of adult CPR and use of the AED. Additional information includes use of barrier devices, giving first aid for choking patients and recognizing the signs of a heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest and foreign body airway obstruction. Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
Materials Needed for Class:
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Mandatory "Heartsaver AED" Text - $15.60 (80-1024)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
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Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens
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Total Hours: 4
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Class Size: 6 – 24
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Card or Certificate Awarded: "Bloodborne Pathogens" Certificate
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: The Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens program is a 4-hour course designed for those directly or indirectly exposed to bloodborne diseases. This course covers modes of transmission, protective clothing, equipment and corrective actions to be taken in the event of contamination. Meets OSHA requirements. Your certification will be valid for 2 years.
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Mandatory "Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens" Workbook - $6.50 (80-1491)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Additional Information:
Program must have a minimum of 6 students.
American Heart Assocation Online Training
The American Heart Association has many training options available to help you. We have listed the most common requested online/computer based options below, but AHA has many more options.
Altough you may find many web based programs that offer CPR and First Aid and the ability to print out a card, the only way you can receive an AHA certification card is to use their program(s) and complete a skills check off by an AHA Instructor.
To see all the online options that the AHA has to offer as well as take an online course, visit www.onlineaha.org.
Heartsaver First Aid Online Part 1
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Total Hours: 1 -2 hours online, 30 min. skills session at training center. Skills testing extra.
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Card or Certificate Awarded: Certificate of Completion for Part 1 and Certification after skills testing.
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Prerequisite: None
Course Description: For anyone needing basic first aid training, This course will teach first aid basics, medical emergencies, injury emergencies and also environmental emergencies.
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Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
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Heartsaver CPR & AED Online Part 1
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Total Hours: 2 hours online, 30 min. skills session. Skills cost is extra.
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Course Description: Basic training in CPR and AED use. This course will teach adult/child CPR with mask, Adult/Child Choking, Adult/Child AED use, optional modules in infant CPR and Choking.
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Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
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Heartsaver First Aid Online CPR & AED Online Part 1
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Total Hours: 2.5 hours online, 45 min. skills session. Skills cost is extra.
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Course Description: Comprehensive safety training for the workplace. This course teaches first aid basics, medical emergencies, adult/child CPR with mask, adult/child choking, adult/child AED use.Basic training in CPR and AED use.
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Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
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