AHA Heartsaver First Aid

Recognize common first aid emergencies, call for help, and provide practical first aid until advanced care arrives.

The American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid course prepares participants to recognize and respond to common medical emergencies, injuries, and environmental emergencies during the first critical minutes before professional help arrives.

At a Glance

What You Will Learn

• Use a structured first aid response
• Recognize common medical emergencies
• Respond to injuries and bleeding
• Respond to environmental emergencies
• Know when and how to activate emergency services

Course Outline

First Aid Foundations

Scene safety, assessment, and activation of help

Medical Emergencies

Recognition and initial response

Injuries

Bleeding, wounds, musculoskeletal injuries, and selected topics

Environmental Emergencies

Heat, cold, and other selected emergencies

Completion

Required 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.