American Red Cross Workplace Programs are available to help you and your employees create and maintain a safe work environment. Programs teach the latest in lifesaving and safety instruction and may be customized to meet the specific needs of your business. Red Cross instructors can bring these courses to your workplace 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Ready Rating
Be a part of the newest initiative in the American Red Cross: the Ready Rating Program. Ready Rating is a membership program designed for businesses and organizations, large and small, which recognize that being prepared for an emergency makes good business sense.
Become an Authorized Provider
The American Red Cross is always looking for qualified experts from the fields of medicine and aquatics to help develop and present first aid and CPR, aquatics, water safety, HIV/AIDS prevention education, mission-related caregiving and other health and safety education programs. If you are interested in becoming a Red Cross Authorized Provider or want to create your own, in-house, training team, click here.
Workplace Training Programs
Standard First Aid (5 1/2 hours)
Learn to prevent, recognize, and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive. Standard First Aid is also available in a 6 1/2 hour course with AED training included. Purchase a First Aid kit for your workplace.
Adult CPR/AED (4 1/2 hours)
Hands-on skills training prepares participants to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies.
Adult CPR (3 3/4 hours)
Learn how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults.
Infant and Child CPR (5 1/2 hours)
Designed for childcare providers, teachers, parents and others who care for infants and children up to 8 years, this course teaches how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies and how to use the EMS system effectively. Infant CPR is also available as a 3 1/2 hour course that applies to infants up to 12 months; Child CPR (4 hours) is available separately and applies to children age 1 to 8 years.
AED Essentials (2 hours)
Individuals currently certified in Adult CPR learn how to safely use an AED to provide care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
Preventing Disease Transmission (2 hours)
For employers and employees who may be exposed on the job to blood or other body fluids that could cause infection. Employers can offer this program as part of their compliance with OSHA regulations. Available in English and Spanish.
Oxygen Administration (2 hours)
Laypersons can learn when and how to use supplemental oxygen and breathing devices. Professional rescuers also learn advanced skills in airway management.
Emergency Response (50 hours)
A comprehensive course for training first responders. The course follows the 1995 USDOT First Responder National Standard Curriculum and meets ECC Guidelines.
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer (9 hours)
Teaches one- and two-rescuer CPR, use of AEDs, resuscitation masks and bag valve masks for ventilating victims, and how to respond in special rescue situations such as drowning.
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