Health/Safety
When medical emergencies happen, basic lifesaving skills can mean the difference between life and death.
A trusted leader in Health and Safety Education for nearly 100 years, the Red Cross teaches people to save lives when seconds count, and helps participants lead safer, healthier lives.
Health Services
Volunteers provide a wide range of health education programs and services for persons at work, school, home, and community sites. Some offerings include: blood pressure screenings, back injury prevention, bloodborne pathogens training, healthy pregnancy/healthy baby, and HIV/AIDS education.
Safety Services
The American Red Cross offers a complete range of health and safety educational programs. Specifically, the Red Cross strives to help people prepare for, cope with, and avoid emergencies in the areas of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and water safety.
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CPR
CPR classes teach participants how to assess an emergency, provide rescue breathing, and care for someone choking, as well as assist a sudden cardiac arrest victims before emergency medical services arrive. Specific courses include: Infant/Child CPR, Adult CPR, and Professional Rescuer CPR. -
First Aid
A Red Cross Standard First Aid course provides participants lifesaving skills needed to assist injured persons in a variety of settings. Classes include: Community First Aid & Safety, First Aid-Responding to Emergencies, and Sport Safety Training. -
Aquatics
The Red Cross offers a variety of Aquatics programs such as Learn to Swim, Lifgaurding, Lifegaurding Instructor and Home Pools Essentails. Red Cross Aquatics programs are all designed to help students learn to swim.