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ECARD Solution

We are sorry that you are having difficulty retrieving your e-card. There is another way. Students can now claim eCards and print additional eCards by going to https://ecards.heart.org/student/myecards and entering their First Name, Last Name, and Email Address. Please use your (student's email) email account when following these instructions and let us know if this solves the problem.

Students can now claim their cards via SMS Text Messaging. They can claim the eCards by texting “eCard” to the number “51736.”

Heartsaver K-12 ECARD

K-12 cards may be issued for all Heartsaver courses taught in schools for kindergarten through 12th grade. This includes elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools. This card may be issued to the schools' students, faculty, and staff. “Faculty” refers to teachers and coaches; “staff” refers to an employee of a K-12 school or K-12 school system.

BLS Provider CPR AED Course has been updated to include science and education from the 2020 Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. It teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on high-quality CPR and team dynamics.

In the Instructor-led course, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.

Course Content

• Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

• Critical concepts of high-quality CPR

• The American Heart Association Chain of Survival

• 1-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant

• 2-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant

• Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques

• Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant

• Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant

• Relief of choking for adult, child and infant

• CPR with an advanced airway*

• *This is an introduction to the compression/ventilation rate and ratio for a patient who has an advanced airway in place. For more information on advanced airways, please refer to the Airway Management Course.

You will receive an American Heart Association Card good for two years after completing class requirements.

Heartsaver CPR AED is a classroom, Instructor-led course designed to prepare students to provide CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) use in a safe, timely, and effective manner.

Course Content

• Key changes reflecting the new science from the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

• Adult CPR and AED use

• Relief of choking for adult

• Opioid–associated life-threatening emergencies

• Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR, including child and infant choking

• Optional exam

Upon successful completion of the course, including a CPR and AED skills test, students receive a Heartsaver CPR AED course completion card valid for two years.

Heartsaver First Aid is a classroom, video-based, Instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services (EMS) arrives.

Course Content

• Key changes reflecting the new science from the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

First aid basics including:

• scene safety

• finding the problem

• calling for help (and more)

Medical emergencies including:

• actions for choking

• breathing problems

• shock (and more)

Injury emergencies including:

• actions for bleeding

• broken bones

• burns (and more)

Environmental emergencies including:

• actions for bites and stings

• temperature-related and poison emergencies

You will receive an American Heart Association Card good for two years after completing class requirements.

Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED is designed to meet the regulatory requirements for child care workers in all 50 United States. It teaches child care providers and others to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. It covers the four steps of first aid and first aid skills such as finding the problem, stopping bleeding, bandaging and using an Epinephrine pen, as well as child CPR AED, infant CPR and optional modules in adult CPR AED, child mask, infant mask and Asthma Care Training for Child Care Providers.

Course Content

• Key changes reflecting the new science from the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

• Bleeding and bandaging

• Allergic reactions

• How to use an epinephrine pen

• Asthma

• Drowning

• Bites and stings

• Burns

• CPR and AED for children

• How to help a choking child

• CPR for infants

• How to help a choking infant

All Optional pediatric first aid modules are usually included:

• Asthma care training for child care providers

• Adult Heartsaver CPR & AED

• How to help a choking adult

• How to use adult, child, and infant masks.

You will receive an American Heart Association Card good for two years after completing class requirements.

Bloodborne Pathogens

Bloodborne pathogens are pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can infect and cause disease in humans. These pathogens include but are not limited to, Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) which causes Hepatitis B, a serious liver disease and Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) which causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that certain employees (particularly health care employees) face a significant health risk as a result of occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM), because they may contain bloodborne pathogens.

To minimize or eliminate the risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, OSHA issued the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard 1910.1030. This standard prescribes actions that employers must take to reduce the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens in the workplace.

These actions include: the use of engineering and work practice controls; personal protective equipment; training; medical surveillance; Hepatitis B vaccinations; signs and labels; and other provisions.

The employer must ensure that all employees with occupational exposure participate in an effective training program. Training must be provided within 90 days after the effective date of the standard and annually thereafter.

Training must be provided by an individual who is knowledgeable in the subject matter, at no cost to employees, during regular accessible to employees.

Some elements of the training program include providing: an accessible copy of the regulatory text and explanation of its contents; an explanation of the modes of transmitting and epidemiology of HBV and HIV; an explanation of the written exposure control plan and how to obtain a copy; an explanation of use and limitations of engineering controls, work practices, and personal protective equipment.

The training materials must be appropriate in content, language, and vocabulary to the educational, literacy, and language background of the employee.

You will receive a certificate after completing class requirements.

"CCC" Continuous Chest Compressions or “Hands only CPR” is included as part of every class.

Textbook or Student Manual Policy

All students must have the current appropriate AHA course textbook for their individual use before, during, and after the course. Students should review the textbook before class and have immediate access to their own copy afterward as a reference and review tool.

The only exception to this policy is the student who is a healthcare professional who will have access to the textbook for individual study reference before, during, and after the course at his or her facility. A library/archive for healthcare professionals is acceptable but does not meet the requirement for lay programs.

Americans With Disabilities Act

Each TC is responsible for complying with all applicable laws, rules, andregulations including, but not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as amended. The AHA cannot provide guidance to a TC or instructor on the specific requirements for providing accommodation for the disabled. The AHA will not authorize any core curriculum changes in a course identified as an AHA ECC course.

The AHA recommends that TCs consult an attorney and/or risk manager for additional information. The ADA requires that “any private entity that offers examinations or courses related to applications, licensing, certification, or credentialing for secondary or postsecondary education, professional, or trade purposes shall offer such examinations or courses in a place and manner accessible to persons with disabilities or offer alternative accessible arrangements for such individuals.” (ADA Amendments Act of 2008 [P.L. 110-325])

Whether a person has a disability and the specific steps that must be taken to comply with the law will depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. Therefore, each TC should consult its own attorney, architects, or other professionals for assistance in complying with the law. Any changes or deletions to items set out in the core curriculum of each AHA course Instructor Manual should be considered fundamental changes to the course and may not be made in a course for which an AHA course completion card is issued.