Course Learning Goals:
After completing the ACLS Course with this manual, students will be able to:

• Deliver high-quality CPR following 2025 AHA standards
• Recognize and respond to adult and pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest
• Identify and manage life-threatening cardiovascular emergencies such as arrhythmias and shock
• Apply strong teamwork and communication skills during resuscitation
• Use advanced airway management, defibrillation, and emergency medications
• Follow ACLS algorithms for systematic assessment and intervention
• Provide post-resuscitation care to stabilize patients

Upon Successful Completion, Students Will Be Able To:

• Explain why high-quality CPR matters and how it improves survival
• Identify every step in the Chain of Survival and apply BLS concepts to each step
• Recognize when someone needs CPR
• Deliver high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• Understand the value of early AED use and demonstrate proper operation
• Provide effective ventilations with a barrier device
• Work as part of a team during multi-rescuer CPR
• Clear a blocked airway (choking) in adults and infants

Course Learning Objectives:
After completing the BLS course using this eBook, students will be able to:

• Explain the importance of high-quality CPR and its effect on survival
• Apply all steps of the Chain of Survival and BLS concepts
• Recognize when CPR is needed
• Perform high-quality CPR on adults, children, and infants
• Demonstrate early use of an AED
• Provide effective ventilation using a barrier device
• Function effectively in multi-rescuer scenarios
• Perform choking relief techniques for adults and infants

Course Learning Objectives:
After successfully completing the ACLS Course using this manual, students will be able to:

• Perform high-quality CPR in accordance with the latest AHA guidelines
• Recognize and respond to cardiopulmonary arrest in adults and children
• Identify and manage life-threatening cardiovascular emergencies, including arrhythmias and shock
• Apply effective team dynamics and communication during resuscitation scenarios
• Utilize advanced airway techniques, defibrillation, and medication administration in emergency care
• Demonstrate the use of ACLS algorithms for systematic evaluation and intervention
• Integrate post-resuscitation care and patient stabilization into practice

Course Learning Objectives:
After successfully completing the BLS Course, students should be able to: 

• Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
• Describe all of the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
• Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
• Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
• Provide effective ventilation by using a barrier device
• Describe the importance of teams in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

Course Learning Objectives:
Students using this workbook will be prepared to: 

• Understand how high-quality CPR impacts survival
• Recognize when CPR is necessary and perform compressions and ventilations across all age groups
• Properly operate an AED on both adults and children
• Deliver prompt relief for choking adults, children, and infants

Course Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of the Heartsaver CPR AED course, learners will be able to:

• Provide high-quality CPR and operate an AED effectively
• Recognize and respond to life-threatening emergencies such as choking and cardiac arrest
• Apply CPR techniques across age groups (adult, child, infant)
• Act with confidence during real-world emergencies, at work, at home, or in the community

Course Learning Objectives:
Using this workbook to complete the Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course, students will learn how to:  

• Recognize the signs and symptoms of various medical emergencies
• Perform CPR and use an AED on adults, children, and infants
• Administer first aid for injuries and environmental emergencies
• Respond appropriately to choking incidents
• Provide assistance in opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies

Course Learning Objectives:
After completing the Heartsaver First Aid Course with this workbook, students will be able to:

• Apply essential first aid skills, including quick response and assessment techniques
• Perform effective responses to emergencies like bleeding, shock, heart attack, stroke, poisoning, breathing difficulties, and environmental injuries
• Safely remove gloves, use an epinephrine auto-injector, control bleeding, and apply bandages
• Recognize ways to prevent injuries and illness, advocate for healthy living, and stay aware of legal responsibilities when providing assistance

Course Learning Objectives:
Upon completing the course with this workbook, students will be able to:

• Recognize and respond to common illnesses and injuries in children and infants
• Perform high-quality CPR on children and infants and use an AED effectively
• Provide appropriate first aid for medical, injury, and environmental emergencies
• Understand their role as caregivers or responders during pediatric emergencies

Course Learning Objectives:
By using this eBook alongside course instruction, students will be able to:

• Provide first aid for common illnesses and injuries in infants and children
• Perform CPR for infants and children and use an AED effectively
• Recognize and respond to choking emergencies
• Understand and apply critical emergency response steps until professional help arrives
• Use the text as an ongoing resource for pediatric emergency preparedness