Heart Saver CPR

Safety-Tec operate under a registered training site with the Irish Heart Foundation

Course objectives:

• Candidates will be provided with information about Heart Disease, heart and lung function, risk factors for Heart Disease, prudent heart living, signs and symptoms of foreign body airway obstruction, Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest.
• Upon course completion candidates will be fully competent in the provision of one-rescuer Adult CPR and the management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO)

Certification and duration:

The course duration is approximately 4 hours. Successful participants will be issued with an Irish Heart Foundation / American Heart Association course participation card. The maximum number of participants on this course is six per Instructor. The Instructor will be a registered BLS Instructor with the IHF and an Emergency Medical Technician.

Course Content

Theory section:

• Extent of Heart Disease in Ireland
• Heart and Lung anatomy and function
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Unchangeable risk factors
• Changeable risk factors
• Signs, symptoms and management of Angina Pectoris
• Signs, symptoms and management of Heart Attack
• Signs, symptoms and management of Cardiac Arrest
• Risk factors for Stroke
• Signs, symptoms and management for Stroke
• The chain of survival
• Questions and summary

Practical section:

Adult one person CPR

Adult FBAO:

• Conscious (partial and complete)
• Becomes Unconscious
• Unconscious
• Recovery Position

Additional modules:

Additional Training modules can be added to this course. (BLS Plus)

The use of barriers aids
Paediatric life support (Infant and child CPR and relief of FBAO)
Automated External Defibrillation (AED) training