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  • Until Help Arrives

    Life-threatening emergencies happen every day in the workplace, in our homes and in our community. Are you prepared to be the help until help arrives? The Red Cross Until Help Arrives course, developed in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), will educate and empower you to take action and provide life-saving care when you are the first on the scene during an emergency.

    Until Help Arrives Course Content

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    This non-certification, online course will provide the general public with the basic yet critical key actions that can be taken during a life-threatening emergency that can help sustain or save a life until EMS arrives. In this course, you will learn how to:

    Act with Confidence: Learn compression only CPR (no breaths) to save or sustain a life.

    Understand AED basics: Gain knowledge on where to find and how to use an AED.

    Identify and treat a choking incident: Quickly recognize a choking situation and learn what you can do to help.

    Proper treatment for life-threatening bleeding: Learn how to use pressure to stop bleeding as well as how to use a tourniquet and proper treatment after the bleeding stops.

    Respond to an overdose: Understand how to administer naloxone in an opioid overdose.

    COLLABORATORS BEHIND THE COURSE


    With a shared vision and commitment to educate and empower bystanders to act when moments matter, the American Red Cross and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) are proud to offer Until Help Arrives. This abbreviated online course gives individuals with little or no medical training the confidence to act until help arrives.

    American Red Cross

    American Red Cross

    American College of Emergency Physicians

    American College of Emergency Physicians


    UNTIL HELP ARRIVES Course Specifications


    DURATION

    90 minutes

    COURSE DESCRIPTION

    Until Help Arrives is an online course designed to equip students with the basic knowledge to assist trained responders during a life-threatening emergency. This non-certification* course provides the general public with the basic, yet critical key actions that can be taken during a life-threatening emergency that can help sustain or save a life until EMS arrives.

    Note: If certification is required to meet workplace or other regulatory requirements, it is recommended you enroll in an Instructor Led or Blended Learning FA/CPR/AED course.

    COURSE CONTENT
    • Compression-Only CPR (no breaths)
    • AED Education
    • Choking Education
    • Bleeding (Administering direct pressure and tourniquet)
    • Opioid Overdose (Administering naloxone)

    COURSE FORMAT

    Online only. Available via ROC (Request Online Class) for providers and via Redcross.org for individual community participants and via Request Online Class on Red Cross Learning Center for providers.

    COURSE DELIVERY PRICING

    Training providers

    Individuals

    Until Help Arrives for Your Workplace

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    If you are a Red Cross training provider and would like to offer this course to your learners or staff, please complete this webform and information will be sent to you.


    Until Help Arrives for Your Community

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    If you are already a Red Cross training provider and would like to offer this course to your students and staff, please complete this webform and information will be sent to you.

    Add Until Help Arrives to Your School's Curriculum

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    If you would like to offer this course to fulfill your state’s CPR and AED training requirement for high school graduation, please complete this webform for more information.


    Get More Information

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    Hear from our Experts. The recent ACEP Frontline podcast included a member from our Scientific Advisory Council, Dr. Matthew Levy. Hear about his personal experience, what the course includes and how you can make a difference when moments matter. Listen Now.

    Red Cross educates you with lifesaving skills and the confidence to act when moments matter. Find a class today.