AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED

Prepare to respond to pediatric illness, injury, choking, cardiac arrest, and other emergencies.

This course focuses on first aid, CPR, AED use, and choking response for infants and children. It is designed for childcare, school, recreation, and family settings where pediatric emergency readiness matters.

At a Glance

What You Will Learn

• Recognize pediatric emergencies
• Perform child and infant CPR
• Use an AED appropriately
• Respond to choking
• Provide pediatric first aid

Course Outline

Pediatric Emergency Action

Assessment and activation of help

CPR and AED

Child and infant skills

Choking

Infant and child response

Pediatric First Aid

Common illness and injury scenarios

Completion

Assessment and eCard processing

Your Instructors

Life Saving Education courses are taught by a team of experienced instructors. Every LSE instructor is at least a paramedic with teaching experience, and many bring additional firefighter, clinical, technical-rescue, or occupational-safety backgrounds. The assigned instructor may vary by course, location, and specialty.

Important Program Notices

AHA Program Disclaimer

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the Association.

Completion Documents

Completion documents are issued by the applicable certifying organization after all attendance, skills, testing, and administrative requirements are met. A generic site certificate is never a substitute for an official course completion card or eCard. The organization imposing your training requirement decides what it will accept; verify the required course and completion document before registering.