Next steps
Today, learn about opioid overdose reversal in 9 minutes online, and find some free naloxone.
Today, empower yourself with the AHA Guidelines-On-The-Go or other apps, the Red Cross First Aid App, or the Red Cross First Aid Guidelines.
This week, learn the Stop The Bleed® content online, or sign up for an in-person course.
This month, sign up for a $35 online or an $100 in-person Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED training.
This month, take a free webinar from survivalmed.org.
This summer, take a $250 Wilderness First Aid 2-day course, TECC/TCCC, or the 20-hour Street Medic Training. Then every few years or so, take a different one.
This decade, repeat.
American Red Cross official course
7 hours, in person or blended learning
The Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED course incorporates the latest science and teaches students to recognize and care for a variety of first aid emergencies such as burns, cuts, scrapes, sudden illnesses, head, neck, back injuries, heat and cold emergencies and how to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies to help victims of any age - adults (about 12 years and older) and pediatric (infants and children up to 12 years of age). Students who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate for Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years.
American College of Surgeons official course
90 minutes, in person
Minutes count! Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as 5 minutes. That’s why bleeding control—keeping the blood inside the body—is the purpose of STOP THE BLEED® training.
American Red Cross official course
Prerequisite: current CPR/AED certification
16 hours, in person
Topics include:
Primary and Secondary Assessments
Head/Brain, Neck and Spinal Injuries
Heat-Related Emergencies
Hypothermia
Altitude-Related Illnesses
Allergies and Anaphylaxis
Burns
Bone and Joint Injuries
Wounds and Wound Infection