Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Basics

Course overview

Heart disease remains the main cause of death globally. This course will review the steps necessary for helping someone experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest. This course will discuss the procedures of CPR including checking the scene and the person in cardiac arrest, calling 911, evaluating and opening the airway, checking for breathing, performing CPR, etc. This course will also discuss the rate and depth of compression during CPR, the ratio of compressions to ventilations, and the differences between CPR for adults and children and infants. In addition, this course will present how to use an AED properly.