A full range of First Aid and CPR/AED programs designed to meet regulatory standards designed for organizations and individuals alike.
Safety
Becoming a trained First Aider enhances your personal ability to recognized hazards and eliminate unacceptable risks.
Knowledge of first aid promotes a sense of safety prompting them to be more alert in their surroundings.
Confidence
Trough training, doubt and uncertainty can be alleviated so simple care given as soon as possible to a person suffering from injury or sudden illness with the intent to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, and promote recovery.
Health
Giving prompt and appropriate first aid can help toward reducing a person's recovery time as wells as making a difference between the patient have a temporary or long-term disability.
Ways to Learn
Classroom
Learn high-quality, effective emergency care training from our authorized instructors at our facility or arrange for a course at your own site. Our first aid, CPR, and AED certification classes help schools, businesses and other organizations meet their compliance goals and build the confidence to respond.
Blended Learning
Make the most of a flexible, hybrid approach that combines online cognitive learning and in-person, hands-on skills practice for your certification, delivered by an authorized instructor.
Health & Safety Institute First Aid
Flexibility. Reliability. Competence. Trust.
CPR, AED and first aid training programs designed for individuals and organizations to meet regulatory requirements.
With HSI, Training Centers and Instructors combine their expertise with engaging videos, skill guides, and PowerPoint presentations to efficiently and effectively deliver classes.
- Fully trained, qualified instructors.
- High-quality student resources provided.
- Evidence-based curriculum.
- Meets OSHA Requirments for workplace first aid providers.
- Conforms to ILCOR and AHA guidelines & recommendations.
Courses and Programs
CPR, AED and First Aid COMBO
The HSI CPR, AED, and Basic First Aid combination training program helps students develop the knowledge, skills and the confidence to respond to a medical emergency. This 4-5 hour class is an excellent choice for both the community and workplace setting, and conforms to the 2015 Guidelines Update for CPR, ECC, and First Aid.
Child/Infant CPR and AED
Child/Infant CPR, AED, and First Aid is an ideal training solution for schools, childcare providers, youth sports coaches and others required to learn how to respond to medical emergencies involving children.
Emergency Oxygen
Serious and life-threatening medical emergencies often cause oxygen to be depleted in the body leaving the victim at risk for shock. The HSI Emergency Oxygen program focuses on administering emergency oxygen to breathing and non-breathing persons, emergency oxygen delivery systems and integrating pulse oximetry
Wilderness First Aid
HSI’s 16-hour Wilderness First Aid program is designed to meet or exceed the Boy Scouts of America Wilderness First Aid Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines, 2017 Edition
American Health and Safety Institute First Aid programs conform to the 2020 AHA Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, the 2020 AHA and ARC Guidelines Update for First Aid, and other evidence-based national guidelines and standards.
Learn More About ComplianceDivers Alert Network First Aid
Whether it’s being on the scene of an accident or witnessing a medical emergency, most people will be involved in a crisis at some point in their lives. First aid training and incident management skills empower people to step up and take action should these situations arise.
Developed by dive medicine physicians and diving educators, DAN’s courses are easy to understand and designed to provide you with the skills and confidence you need to respond in emergencies. DAN first aid courses prepare people to manage injuries related to scuba diving as well as those that occur in other settings. All courses meet current ILCOR and AHA guidelines. Isn’t it worth a few hours one evening or weekend to learn skills that could save a life?
Courses and Programs
Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid (BLS)
This fundamental course prepares you to provide proper care for life-threatening illnesses or injuries until professional emergency medical care is available. The life-support skills taught in this course include one-person CPR, use of automatic external defibrillators, bleeding management, assisting a choking victim and responding to a person in shock. The first aid skills taught include conducting secondary assessments, splinting and responding to medical emergencies.This course is also approved by the U.S. Coast Guard as meeting the CPR and first aid requirements for captain and mate licenses.
Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries (EO2)
Administering emergency oxygen is the preferred first aid for scuba diving injuries, and early administration can drastically improve the outcome for an injured diver. The DAN Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries course teaches you how to administer life-saving oxygen first aid to divers who may be suffering from decompression illness (DCI). Additionally, this course will teach you how to recognize the signs and symptoms of decompression illness and respond to them accordingly. The emergency response skills taught in this course are not unique to scuba diving; they’re applicable to many other watersports and other activities.
First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries (HMLI)
Whether you venture into the ocean or simply consume food from it, hazardous marine life injuries can happen. Learn how to properly assess and handle these situations if they occur despite your efforts to prevent them in DAN’s First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries course will give you the knowledge you need to identify specific types of marine life injuries and the first aid skills to treat them.
Neurological Assessment (Neuro)
DAN’s Neurological Assessment course teaches you how to properly manage injuries with neurological implications. You will learn to recognize these injuries and properly perform a neurological assessment. You’ll also learn what information to collect and relay to emergency medical services. Recognizing symptoms and responding quickly can shorten recovery times and improve long-term outcomes.
In 2016, the American Heart Association reported 5.5 million deaths from stroke worldwide, and more than half of the calls to the DAN Emergency Hotline in 2016 involved possible neurological decompression illness. Strokes and neurological decompression sickness (DCS) can manifest almost identically, and prudent response can make a huge difference for someone suffering from either condition.
Diving Emergency Management Provider (DEMP)
People who are interested in understanding first aid care for a variety of diving scenarios are encouraged to take the Diving Emergency Management Provider course. This course focuses specifically on diving injuries and provides divers and their surface support teams with first aid training for interim care until emergency medical services are available. The course integrates the knowledge and skills from four core DAN first aid courses (BLS: CPR & FA, EO2, Neuro, and HMLI) into a single course to focus on first aid care specifically for dive-related events.
Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA Pro)
Professional divers have unique responsibilities and a duty to respond to unique situations; their first-aid training should not be any less unique. DAN’s Diving First Aid for Professional Divers course is designed for commercial, professional, aquarium and scientific divers, and it provides knowledge and first-aid skills specifically for these work environments. It is the most comprehensive first aid course in the dive industry, and taking this course gives Divemasters and dive instructors an indispensable set of risk-mitigation skills.DFA Pro includes all elements of all DAN core first aid courses plus additional information and resources applicable to dive professionals in a variety of settings. This course is also approved by the U.S. Coast Guard as meeting the CPR and first aid requirements for captain and mate licenses. It has also been accepted by the American Camp Association for staff CPR and first aid requirements.