Workplace Courses (Visit Current Course Schedule)

Prepare a Safer Workplace and Protect Your Most Valuable Asset: Your Employees

From CPR, first aid and automated external defibrillator (AED) training to injury prevention courses, bloodborne pathogens training and community disaster preparedness education, Red Cross training offers complete, flexible programs that help your company stay prepared for virtually any life-threatening situation. First Aid/CPR/AED training courses combine lecture, demonstrations and video with hands-on training.

Build the program that works for your business using our modular curriculum. To set up a course or program of study for your organization, contact Ken Salvatore, Director of Health and Safety at 908-725-2217.

Standard First Aid with CPR/AED - Adult
Prepare your staff with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, recognize, and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. This course covers first aid, adult CPR and AED training.

      Is your company in compliance with OSHA standards for first aid training and
      emergency preparedness?

Adult CPR
For employers who need adult CPR training only, this hands-on skills training prepares participants to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults.

CPR - Child and Infant
This course teaches participants how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants and children age 12 and younger.

Adult CPR/AED
This course trains individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for breathing emergencies, perform CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission
This course meets OSHA's revised Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. This course teaches participants how bloodborne pathogens are spread, how to prevent exposures and what to do if exposed to infectious materials.

Injury Control Modules
Focusing on common causes of worksite injuries and key health risks, these one-hour awareness-level modules highlight risks and promote prevention. Self-assessments help employees recognize risky habits. Demonstrations and lively discussions reinforce practical prevention tips. Modules include: Ergonomics; Slips, Trips and Falls; Back Injury Prevention; Workplace Violence Awareness; Managing Stress; and Your Heart Matters.

Administering Emergency Oxygen
Gives participants the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to a victim of a breathing emergency using breathing devices, including resuscitation masks, bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) and emergency oxygen.

First Aid and Preparedness
Streamlined to fit into busy work schedules, this interactive presentation is ideal for employees who want to learn lifesaving skills, but do not need to receive certification to meet OSHA regulations. This session is packed with information to help employees stay prepared with valuable lifesaving skills.

Order American Red Cross Health and Safety Training products online at www.shopstaywell.com or contact the Greater Somerset County Chapter at 908-725-2217.

The following online resources are also available to assist your disaster preparedness efforts for your business:

     Preparing Your Business for the Unthinkable

     Guide to Business Continuity Planning CD-ROM

     The Emergency Management Guide for Business and Industry

Plus, Community Disaster Education Materials, including information about family disaster planning, are also available by contacting the chapter at 908-725-2217.