Center for CPR & Public Access Defibrillation
Welcome to the Hunterdon Health Center for CPR & Public Access Defibrillation
We have been providing training in CPR and First Aid since 1985. Established as an American Heart Association Training Center, we have consistently been awarded top scores as a center of excellence for course delivery, community training, and public access defibrillation management. We offer American Heart Association programs in Family & Friends CPR, Heartsaver CPR/AED, Heartsaver First Aid, Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR, and Basic Life Support, as well as Heartsaver and BLS Instructor courses. Learn to be a Babysitter for ages 11-15 is also offered. Our program also assists organizations in the deployment and ongoing management of Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s). Courses are offered year-round at our education center or possibly offsite at your office, daycare center, health club, etc. With over 60 trained instructors in the area, the Center for CPR provides easy access to training for people who live and work throughout Hunterdon County.
Overview of Classes
We offer American Heart Association programs in:
- Basic Life Support (Provider, Renewal, Instructor)
- Family & Friends CPR
- Heartsaver CPR/AED
- Heartsaver First Aid
- Heartsaver Instructor
- Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR
Cancellation and Disclaimer Info
Course Completion: The CPR Training Center adheres to all requirements of the American Heart Association regarding course testing and completion.
Course Refunds: A $25 non-refundable deposit will be charged to guarantee a place in the class. A one-time transfer is accepted if received within 3 business days prior to the course date. Participants arriving more than 15 minutes late will be denied entry. There will be absolutely no transfers given for no-shows, late arrivals, or late cancellations.
** The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. The use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.
To locate a class, please view our searchable calendar or Print a PDF copy of our 2024 Calendar of Classes or 2025 Calendar of Classes.
Classroom Course: $85 includes book
What is it? The Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (HCP) Course is a video-based, Instructor-led course that teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support. This course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. BLS for Healthcare Providers teaches skills using the American Heart Association’s proven Practice-While-Watching technique, which allows Instructors to observe students, provide feedback and guide students’ acquisition of skills. With their student manual for the course, students receive the new Pocket Reference Card, designed to provide quick emergency information to the rescuer at any time.
Primary Audience: This course is for healthcare professionals who need to know how to perform CPR, as well as other lifesaving skills, in a wide variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.
Course Covers:
• Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the updated science from American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
• Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
• The American Heart Association Chain of Survival
• 1-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
• 2-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
• Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques
• Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant
• Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant
• Relief of choking for adult, child and infant
• CPR with an advanced airway (This is an introduction to the compression/ventilation rate and ratio for a patient who has an advanced airway in place.)
To locate a class, please view our searchable calendar or Print a PDF copy of our 2024 Calendar of Classes or 2025 Calendar of Classes.
Classroom Course: $60 includes book
What is it? Statistics show that 80% of sudden cardiac arrests occur outside the hospital; it can happen to anyone at any time. Through our Heartsaver CPR/AED Course, students will have the confidence and skills to respond to these emergencies. It is important that employers offer CPR and AED training for their employees to respond to a sudden cardiac arrest emergency.
Heartsaver CPR AED is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches adult CPR and AED use, as well as how to relieve choking on an adult. Optional modules include child CPR and AED use, infant CPR and child and infant choking.
Primary Audience: This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, volunteer, regulatory or other requirements.
Course Covers:
• Key changes reflecting the updated science from American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
• Adult CPR and AED use
• Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR, including child and infant choking
• Upon successful completion of the course, including a skills test, students receive a Heartsaver CPR AED course completion card, valid for 2 years.
To locate a class, please view our searchable calendar or Print a PDF copy of our 2024 Calendar of Classes or 2025 Calendar of Classes.
Classroom Course: $50 (includes book)
What is it? According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), approximately 4 million injuries and illnesses occur annually in the workplace. First aid training is an important part of an effective safety program. Through our Heartsaver First Aid Course, students will have the confidence and skills to respond to a variety of emergencies.
Heartsaver First Aid is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services (EMS) arrives. In this course, students learn skills such as how to treat bleeding, sprains, broken bones, shock and other first aid emergencies.
Primary Audience: This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in first aid to meet job, volunteer, regulatory or other requirements.
Course Covers:
Key changes reflecting the updated science from American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
• First aid basics
• Medical emergencies
• Injury emergencies
• Environmental emergencies
• Upon successful completion, including a skills test, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid course completion card, valid for 2 years.
To locate a class, please view our searchable calendar or Print a PDF copy of our 2024 Calendar of Classes or 2025 Calendar of Classes.
Classroom Course: Call for Information
What is it? According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), approximately 4 million injuries and illnesses occur annually in the workplace, and nearly 80 percent of sudden cardiac arrests occur outside the hospital. Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills needed to respond to and manage a first aid, choking or sudden cardiac arrest emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services (EMS) arrives. In this course, students learn skills such as how to treat bleeding, sprains, broken bones, shock and other first-aid emergencies. This course also teaches adult CPR and AED use. First aid, CPR and AED training is an important part of an effective safety program. Through our Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course, students will have the confidence and skills to respond to a variety of emergencies.
Primary Audience: This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in first aid to meet job, volunteer, regulatory or other requirements.
Course Covers:
• Key changes reflecting the updated science from American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
• First aid basics
• Medical emergencies
• Injury emergencies
• Environmental emergencies
• Adult CPR and AED use
• Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR
• Upon successful completion of the course, including a first aid, CPR and AED skills test, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course completion card, valid for 2 years.
Classroom: Call for information
What is it? Designed to meet the regulatory requirements for child care workers in all 50 United States. It teaches child care providers and others to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. The course covers the Four Steps of Pediatric First Aid and modules in Pediatric First Aid, Child/Infant CPR AED, Adult CPR AED, and Asthma Care Training.
Primary Audience: Camp counselors, Child care workers, Coaches, Foster care workers, Others responsible for children including parents, grandparents, babysitters and guardians, Teachers
Course Covers:
Pediatric first aid basics
Illnesses and injuries (topics include but are not limited to):
•Bleeding and bandaging
•Allergic reactions
•How to use an epinephrine pen
•Asthma
•Drowning
•Bites and stings
•Burns
CPR AED and choking
•CPR and AED for children
•How to help a choking child
•CPR for infants
•How to help a choking infant
•CPR and AED for adults (optional)
•How to help a choking adult (optional)
Course Fee: $25
What is it? Teaches the lifesaving skills of adult Hands-Only™ CPR, child CPR with breaths, adult and child AED use, infant CPR and relief of choking in an adult, child or infant. These topics can be presented together or taught separately as stand-alone modules. Skills are taught by using the American Heart Association’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which allows participants to practice on a CPR training manikin while skills are demonstrated in the course video.
Primary Audience: This course is for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a course completion card in CPR for their job. Almost 80% of sudden cardiac arrests happen in the home. 92% of victims don’t survive, often because people around them don’t take action and begin CPR. You can help change this statistic by learning the simple skills of CPR.
This course is ideal for schools and students, parents, grandparents, babysitters and others interested in learning how to save a life. This training is not appropriate for anyone looking for a certification.
To locate a class, please view our searchable calendar or Print a PDF copy of our 2024 Calendar of Classes or 2025 Calendar of Classes.
Learn to be a Babysitter for Ages 11-15
Upcoming Dates: January 26th, March 2nd, April 6th & May 18th.
Cost: $80 (includes AHA Friends and Family CPR for Child and Infant)
What is it? Babysitters are trusted with the safety and welfare of a child in the absence of a parent or guardian. This course covers the skills necessary to help prepare for babysitting responsibilities.
Primary Audience: Youths 11 through 15 are at a critical stage in life where this responsibility signals a move toward managing mature and challenging tasks for themselves and others.
Course Covers:
This popular program helps young adults learn childcare basics, safety and dealing with emergencies, managing to babysit as a business, first aid, and AHA Friends and Family CPR. The day is filled with fun exercises, demonstrations, and manikin practice. Students will receive a program guide and emergency information flashcards. Upon completion, students will also receive a course completion certificate.
To locate a class, please view our searchable calendar.