This course is designed to provide training in the duties of the Healthcare Provider as first responder in emergencies. Course includes topics that HCP needs to consider when beginning first aid as well as the responsibilities when initiating basic life support. Students will have an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills on victim assessment, controlling bleeding, and preventing shock. Students will learn how to recognize and respond to life- threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest and foreign-body airway obstruction (choking). At course completion, students will be required to demonstrate the correct provision of high-quality CPR and the correct use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).Students who successfully complete the written and skill components of the CPR module will be awarded the American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers card.