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Explore First Aid, CPR, AED and safety training designed for real-world emergencies. Whether you are protecting your family, strengthening your workplace, or preparing your organization, PulseGuard Training provides hands-on instruction that builds the skills and confidence to act decisively when every second counts.
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Details: This course is designed for non-healthcare providers who need training in recognizing and responding to breathing and cardiac emergencies involving adults, children, and infants. Participants learn emergency action steps, CPR skills, and how to respond until professional help arrives.
Certification Details: Students who successfully complete the eligible American Red Cross CPR/AED or First Aid/CPR/AED course receive a digital certificate, valid for two years.
Who Should Attend: Parents, grandparents, babysitters, childcare providers, teachers, coaches, fitness professionals, workplace responders, community volunteers, and anyone who wants to be prepared to respond to a breathing or cardiac emergency.
Adult, Child and Pediatric CPR Training
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Details: This training focuses on when and how to use an automated external defibrillator during a suspected cardiac emergency involving an adult, child, or infant. Participants learn how AED use works together with CPR and emergency response steps.
Certification Details: When completed as part of an eligible American Red Cross CPR/AED or First Aid/CPR/AED course, successful students receive a digital certificate, valid for two years.
Who Should Attend: Workplace safety teams, schools, athletic programs, childcare providers, coaches, fitness facilities, community organizations, and anyone responsible for emergency readiness where an AED is available.
Adult, Child and Pediatric AED Training
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Details: This course teaches participants to recognize and care for common first aid emergencies such as burns, cuts, scrapes, sudden illnesses, head, neck, and back injuries, heat and cold emergencies, and other injuries affecting adults, children, and infants.
Certification Details: When completed as part of the American Red Cross Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED course, successful students receive a digital certificate, valid for two years.
Who Should Attend: Teachers, childcare providers, camp staff, coaches, workplace employees, construction and trade workers, parents, caregivers, community volunteers, and anyone who may need to provide basic first aid before emergency responders arrive.
Adult, Child and Pediatric First Aid Training
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Details: This course teaches participants how bloodborne pathogens are spread, how to reduce exposure risk, how to use safe work practices and personal protective equipment, and what to do if an exposure incident occurs. The training supports workplace safety and helps meet OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard requirements.
Certification Details: Successful students receive an American Red Cross digital certificate or certificate of completion. Bloodborne Pathogens certification is generally valid for one year, consistent with OSHA annual training expectations.
Who Should Attend: Anyone who may come in contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials as part of their job should attend. This includes healthcare and dental workers, doctors, nurses, medical assistants, laboratory personnel, first responders such as EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and police officers, janitorial and maintenance staff, school and childcare staff, education professionals, tattoo artists and body piercers, mortuary and funeral home staff, construction workers, lay responders, workplace safety teams, and employees whose roles involve potential exposure to blood or bodily fluids.
Bloodborne Pathogens Training
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Details: This specialized course applies bloodborne pathogens training to tattoo, piercing, and body art settings. Participants learn how bloodborne pathogens are transmitted, how to prevent exposure, how to use protective barriers and safe cleanup practices, and what to do after a possible exposure incident.
Certification Details: Successful students receive an American Red Cross digital certificate or certificate of completion. Bloodborne Pathogens training is generally valid for one year and should be paired with any state, local, or employer-specific body art requirements.
Who Should Attend: Tattoo artists, body piercers, permanent makeup artists, apprentices, studio owners, and body art professionals who may encounter blood or other potentially infectious materials.
Bloodborne Pathogens Training for Tattoo Artists
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Details: This course teaches participants how to recognize signs and symptoms of a suspected opioid overdose, determine appropriate care based on breathing and responsiveness, call for emergency help, and understand how naloxone may be used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Certification Details: Successful students receive an American Red Cross digital certificate or certificate of completion. This course is often offered as a short online training and may be used to supplement first aid, CPR, AED, workplace safety, or community response training.
Who Should Attend: Community members, parents and caregivers, school and college staff, workplace safety teams, recovery and outreach workers, public-facing employees, first responders, and anyone who wants to be prepared to help during a suspected opioid overdose emergency.
First Aid for Opioid Overdoses
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Details: This training helps participants recognize signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis, understand emergency action steps, and learn how to assist with or administer epinephrine using an auto injector training device until emergency medical services arrive.
Certification Details: Successful students receive an American Red Cross digital certificate or certificate of completion when offered as an eligible Red Cross course or skill boost. This training is commonly used as a supplement to first aid, CPR, or workplace emergency response training.
Who Should Attend: Teachers, childcare providers, camp staff, coaches, school nurses, workplace responders, food service teams, caregivers, parents of children with allergies, and anyone responsible for helping someone at risk of severe allergic reaction.
Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Auto-Injector Training
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Details: This course teaches participants how to recognize and respond to life-threatening bleeding and severe trauma emergencies. Topics may include scene safety, calling for help, direct pressure, wound packing, tourniquet use, communicating effectively during an emergency, and caring for someone until emergency responders arrive.
Certification Details: Instructor-led and blended American Red Cross First Aid for Severe Trauma (FAST) courses lead to a First Aid for Severe Trauma certificate that is valid for two years when students successfully complete all course requirements. Online-only FAST training provides a completion certificate rather than a full certification. Students should confirm whether the course format meets any workplace, school, or state-specific bleeding-control training requirements.
Who Should Attend: Teachers, school staff, coaches, athletic trainers, workplace safety teams, security staff, construction and trade workers, outdoor recreation leaders, community volunteers, high school and college students, and anyone who may need to respond quickly to a serious bleeding emergency.
First Aid for Severe Trauma and Bleeding
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Details: The American Red Cross Babysitting Basics course is an interactive, self-paced online course designed primarily for youth ages 11 and older who are new to babysitting or preparing to start a babysitting business. The course helps students build essential safety knowledge, childcare skills, and emergency-response confidence while caring for infants and children. Topics include how to provide basic care for infants and children, personal and household safety, what to do in an emergency, how to choose age- appropriate activities, how to recognize and handle common child behaviors, and how to communicate professionally with families. The course also introduces the basics of starting and managing a babysitting business, including responsibility, professionalism, parent communication, and building trust with families. The course is typically completed in about four hours and includes engaging modules with videos, activities, games, and practical tools, followed by a final exam.
Certification Details: Upon successful completion, students receive a printable American Red Cross certificate of completion that is valid for two years. Red Cross babysitting and child care certificates can be accessed, printed, shared, or downloaded online. Because Babysitting Basics is focused on childcare readiness, students who want stronger emergency-response credentials should also consider adding Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED or Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED certification.
Who Should Attend: Youth ages 11 and older, first-time babysitters, teens preparing to start a babysitting business, sibling caregivers, youth volunteers, camp helpers, and parents who want their children to learn safe and responsible childcare practices. This course is ideal for students who want to become more confident, capable, and professional caregivers, but it is not intended to meet state-licensed childcare provider certification requirements.
Babysitting Basics
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Details: This course provides advanced training for people who care for children and infants in and outside of the home. Topics include leadership, professionalism, safety, child behavior and discipline, and basic childcare skills such as feeding, holding, and caring for infants and children.
Certification Details: Successful students receive an American Red Cross digital certificate or certificate of completion. This course is not intended to meet state-licensed childcare provider certification requirements and may not satisfy all state licensing rules.
Who Should Attend: Childcare providers, nannies, au pairs, camp counselors, family caregivers, youth program staff, and individuals who want stronger childcare knowledge and confidence.
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