American Red Cross of the Quad Cities Area |  1 HOUR SAFETY TRAININGS

1 HOUR SAFETY TRAININGS

INJURY CONTROL GUIDES / EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR TRAINING
ASTHMA INHALER TRAINING / CHOKING PRESENTATION / SCHEDULE A CLASS TODAY!

INJURY CONTROL GUIDES

Help Reduce Workplace Injuries with American Red Cross Injury Control Guides

Preventing Back Injuries
Helps workers assess the causes of their back pain and reduce their risk of injury through stretching and strengthening exercises, improved posture and safe lifting techniques.

Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
Reviews the causes of accidents, identifies common hazards and provides practical advice on shoe selection, ladder safety and injury prevention methods.

Ergonomics
Provides information on how workers can reduce repetitive stress injuries by improving posture, rearranging work areas and doing simple on-the-job exercises.

Your Heart Matters
Helps workers identify major lifestyle risk factors and take steps to adopt healthier behaviors that can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

Managing Stress
Helps employees recognize their stressors, both at work and at home, and develop their own stress-reduction strategies.

Cost: $50 per topic presented (6-30 participants)
Time: 1 hour modules
Material: Books available to purchase ($1.75/topic)

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EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR TRAINING

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the signals of anaphylaxis.
  • Describe the care given to a person experiencing anaphylactic shock.
  • Describe the appropriate assessment and documentation of the person’s response to an epinephrine auto-injection.
  • Describe how to report the event of an allergic reaction and your care to emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.
  • Demonstrate appropriate handling, use and disposal of an epinephrine auto-injector.
  • Describe appropriate documentation.

Certification: Epi-Pen (valid for 1 year)

Prerequisites: Participants must have CPR (or equivalent) certification issued within the past year and should be at least 13 years old in order to take this course.

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ASTHMA INHALER TRAINING

This course teaches participants the skills and knowledge necessary to recognize and provide care to a person experiencing an asthma attack until advanced medical personnel arrives and takes over. This module includes the demonstration of a bronchodilator.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the signals of asthma.
  • Describe how to report the event of an asthma attack and your care to emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.
  • Describe the care given to a person experiencing an asthma attack.
  • Demonstrate the use of an inhaler.

Certification: No certificate issued

Prerequisites: None

Cost: $30 for BOTH topics (6-30 participants)…
Add on to any CPR or FA course for only $20

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CHOKING PRESENTATION

Basic skills, such as knowing what to do if someone is choking, save lives.
While you can’t predict when an emergency will occur, you can be prepared. In less time than you think, American Red Cross training can give you the vital knowledge and skills you’ll need to respond to a life-threatening situation with confidence.


Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Law
  • Learn to recognize and respond to a choking emergency
  • Check Call Care
  • Care for conscious choking victims

Cost: $50 per topic presented (6-30 participants)
Time: 1 hour modules
Material: Instructional Poster and Pocket Skill Card

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Tena Hughes or Anne Nelms at (309) 743-2166.