IHF Heartsaver CPR/AED

This comprehensive ½ day course was developed to provide participants with training on the techniques of CPR and on the use of the AED (Defibrillator Training) including various scenarios where the AED can be used. It is ideal for anyone who wants to learn CPR and how to use an AED.

The course is aimed at those expected to respond to emergencies in the working environment or sporting environments as using the AED is extremely important in the first minutes after a cardiac arrest.

The course will provide the learner with the ability to carry out:

• Scene Assessment
• CPR (BLS - Basic Life Support) for adults and children
• Obstructed Airway Management in adults and children
• Infant CPR

*Note, there is a significant practical element to this course

The course is delivered in a classroom environment, by a qualified instructor, with CPR/AED subject matter expertise. It includes a classroom presentation as well as practical demonstrations throughout the course. Training handouts, training records and evaluation forms are also provided.

The duration of this course is 1/2 day.

Successful participants receive a wallet size certification card from the Irish Heart Foundation which is valid for two years.

The maximum number of participants permitted to attend a single course is 6.

Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.