CPR and First Aid Courses

All three YWCA locations offer American Red Cross Health & Safety courses including Adult CPR/AED, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, and First Aid Basics. Courses run throughout the year for all areas. American Red Cross Preparedness programs are available for any age and can be tailored to the needs of specific groups and individuals. If you or your business are in need of any safety training, contact us to find out when the next class is offered. We can also accommodate special classes tailored to your needs and location.

Adult CPR/AED

Full Class Cost $50
5 hours

Full Class: This class teaches you to safely perform rescue breathing, abdominal/chest thrusts (for choking victims) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). You will also learn to operate an automated external defibrillator (AED). American Red Cross certification for this class is one year.

Review Class: Adult CPR/AED Review courses are designed for individuals who need to re-new their certification. This is an abridged course designed to re-fresh participants in lifesaving skills.

Review Class Cost $35
3 hours

CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer

Full Course: Cost $80
8 hours

You will learn all of the skills of the basic Adult (ages 8 and up) CPR class, plus Child (ages 1 to 8) and Infant (ages 0 to 1) CPR skills.

Additionally, you will learn two-rescuer CPR (for all age groups), how to operate an automated external defibrillator (AED), how to use a breathing barrier and a bag-valve-mask (BVM), as well as legal considerations about giving care. American Red Cross certification for this class is one year.

Review Class: Review courses are designed for individuals who need to renew their Professional Rescuer Certification. This is an abridged course designed to strengthen lifesaving skills though practice and instruction.

Review Course: Cost $55
5 hours

Note: Current American Red Cross certification or the first of the two-year American Heart Association certification is required to be eligible for a review class.

First Aid Basics

In this course, you will learn the basics to care for: a person suffering from a stroke, seizure, poisoning, diabetic reaction or allergic reaction; wounds involving bleeding or burns; and heat- and cold-related conditions. You will practice bandaging and applying a sling, and learn to care for head, neck and back injuries. American Red Cross certification for this class is three years.

Contact Information

For questions or more information on any of our courses, please contact Dan Edmondson at 612-215-4154. For registration information, see the Registration page.