AHA Family & Friends CPR
The American Heart Association (AHA) Family & Friends CPR course is for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a CPR course completion card for their job. This course is ideal for schools and students, new parents, grandparents, babysitters and others interested in learning how to save a life. Skills are taught in a group environment and is video-driven. The training uses AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible.
If you are a healthcare professional or in medical/dental/nursing school, please take the BLS for Healthcare Providers course. If you are required to have a CPR or First Aid certification card for your employment, please take a Heartsaver course.
Family & Friends CPR topics:
- Lifesaving skills of Adult Hands-Only® CPR
- Child CPR with breaths
- Adult and Child AED use
- Infant CPR
- Relief of choking in an adult, child or infant.
The Family & Friends CPR course teaches the lifesaving skills of adult Hands-Only adult CPR. It also teaches child CPR with breaths, adult and child Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use, infant CPR. Skills to relieve choking in an adult, child or infant are taught.
Family & Friends CPR is for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a course completion card in CPR for their job. This course is ideal for schools and students (over age 12), new parents, grandparents, babysitters and others interested in learning how to save a life. Generally, $10 per participant.
Designed for large-scale community training events, Family & Friends® programs will help you increase bystander action in emergency situations — and the number of people who survive sudden cardiac emergencies!
Perfect for use as:
- an activity in group meetings of volunteers, parent-teacher organizations, or neighborhood or condo associations
- part of a workplace wellness program
- a special program at gyms and fitness centers
- a church or community organization dinner presentation
- your workplace “lunch and learn” topic for employee wellness
Every year since 2014, for American Heart Month (February), we’ve taught dozens of FREE Family & Friends CPR courses, and all over the area – Fayetteville, Carrollton, Newnan, Whitesburg, Peachtree City, Senoia, Fairburn, Villa Rica, Douglasville, Waco, Atlanta, Sharpsburg, East Point, Grantville, LaGrange, Tyrone, College Park, Jonesboro, and Union City.
| Community | Date | Location | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnan/ Sharpsburg | Sat. 2/4/2017 | Central Library (Thomas Crossroads) 85 Literary Ln. Newnan, GA 30265 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | |
| Peachtree City | Tue. 2/7/2017 | Bridge Comm. Center 225 Willowbend Dr. Peachtree City 30269 | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | |
| Sharpsburg (old town) | Fri., 2/10/2016 | Sharpsburg Rec. Center 105 Main St. Sharpsburg, GA 30277 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | |
| Atlanta | Sat. 2/11/2017 | Kirkwood Library 11 Kirkwood Rd. SE Atlanta, GA 30317 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | |
| Newnan | Wed. 2/15/2017 | Carnegie Library, (on the square) 1 LaGrange St. Newnan, GA 30263 | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | |
| Palmetto | Thu. 2/16/2017 | Palmetto Library 911 Cascade Palmetto Hwy. Palmetto, GA 30268 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | |
| Newnan | Fri. 2/17/2017 | UWG-Newnan 80 Jackson St. Newnan, GA 30263 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | |
| Tyrone | Mon. 2/20/2017 | Tyrone Library 143 Commerce Dr. Tyrone, GA 30290 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | |
| Newnan/ Sharpsburg | Tue. 2/21/2017 | Central Library (Thomas Crossroads) 85 Literary Ln. Newnan, GA 30265 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | |
| Fayetteville | Wed. 2/22/2017 | Fayette Co. Library 1821 Heritage Park Way Fayetteville 30214 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | |
| Union City | Thu. 2/23/2017 | Etris Community Ctr. (Ronald Bridges Park) 5285 Lakeside Dr. Union City 30291 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | |
| Grantville | Thu. 2/23/2017 | Grantville Public Library 100 Park Dr. Grantville, GA 30220 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm | |
| Newnan/ Sharpsburg | Fri. 2/24/2017 | East Coweta DUI School (Thomas Crossroads) 20 Tower Way Newnan, GA 30265 | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | |
| Senoia | Sat. 2/25/2017 | Senoia Library 148 Pylant St. Senoia, GA 30276 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | |
| Newnan/ Sharpsburg | Sat. 2/25/2017 | Central Library (Thomas Crossroads) 85 Literary Ln. Newnan, GA 30265 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | |