DATE: December 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024

TIME: At your leisure 

CLASS SETTING: Online (accessed via mobile, desktop, or tablet)

LANGUAGE: English 

Course Offered: 

Until Help Arrives Online – Non-certification course

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 American Red Cross Until Help Arrives course covers the following: 

• • Compression-Only CPR (no breaths)
  • Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Education
  • Choking Education
  • Bleeding (Administering direct pressure and tourniquet)
  • Opioid Overdose (Administering naloxone)
  • COURSE COST: $25.00 (Course link provided via email after registration and payment)
  • DURATION OF COURSE: 90 minutes (approximately)

Additional Course Information:

Until Help Arrives is a non-certification, online course that is offered through the American Red Cross (ARC). This online course will provide the general public with the basic yet critical key actions that can be taken during a life-threatening emergencies, that can help sustain or save a life until EMS arrives. This class is taught fully online (accessed via mobile, desktop, or tablet) and allows you to work at your own pace while engaging in interactive courses. This course can be reassessed after completion.

The Until Help Arrives Online course meets the State of Florida’s First Aid and CPR training requirement for high school graduation. This course is designed to educate the general public such as baby sisters, the elderly, siblings, friends and family members that do not require certification in the life saving skills of CPR and First Aid. This course doesn’t not require any prior knowledge or medical background. 

If a certification is required to meet workplace or other regularly requirements its recommended you enroll in one of our Instructor Led or Blended Learning courses. View our public class schedule here: https://citizencprinc.org/class-schedule/

With Until Help Arrives Online you will learn how to: Act with Confidence by learning compression only CPR (no breaths) to save or sustain a life. Understand AED basics to gain knowledge on where to find and how to use an AED. Identify and treat a choking incident by quickly recognize a choking situation and learn what you can do to help. Proper treatment for life-threatening bleeding by learning 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 while understanding how to administer naloxone in an opioid overdose. https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/training-services/b2b/UntilHelpArrives_033123.pdf

Non-Certification Information:

No certification is provided for Until Help Arrives Online. This course is taught online only (accessed via mobile desktop or tablet) and does not meet OSHA requirements for workplace certification. If you are seeking a 2-year Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED digital certificate that is OSHA compliant and meets other workplace and regulatory requirements, we recommend enrolling in one of our Instructor-led Training or Blended Learning course.

Registration and payment must be completed BEFORE online link is provided. Please give our office a call at 863-680-1277 ext 1002, if you have any questions regarding this process. 

More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur in the United States each year outside of the hospital. Bystander CPR can double or triple a person’s chance of survival but unfortunately less than 46% receive CPR prior to arrival of emergency personnel. Increasing awareness and education in the community can increase this percentage. Citizen CPR Inc. is the only Non-Profit agency in Polk County, Florida whose focus is providing CPR, AED & First Aid Training courses in the community. 

Citizen CPR is an approved distributor of the Philips® AED and Zoll® AED product-line of automated external defibrillators (AED). For more information regarding equipment or supplies, please visit https://citizencprinc.org/purchase-aed/ or contact us at 863.680.1CPR (1277).

OUR MISSION: To effectively decrease the number of deaths and disabilities from life threatening emergencies through educating and training the Citizens of Central Florida in performing CPR, using AEDs, and providing basic First Aid.