California Education Connection: CPR and First Aid Certification

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are required in all California Health Clubs effective July 1, 2007. Please see below for complete details!

California Education Connection is a proud Training Center for the National Safety Council. All of our instructors are members in good standing with the National Safety Council.

California Education Connection servers Los Angeles and Orange Counties! If you have a group of 5 or more participants we will teach at your location. If you are outside of LA and OC, and wish to conduct a certification course, please contact our office and ask for Brian or email him at brian@californiaeducationconnection.com

Courses Offered:

Bloodborne Pathogen Course ($35.00 per person)

BLS for Healthcare Provider ($55.00 per person)

CPR and AED ($40.00 per person)

Adult CPR ($35.00 per person)

Standard First Aid ($35.00 per person)

Pediatric CPR ($35.00 per person)

Pediatric First Aid ($35.00 per person)

CPR & First Aid ($55.00 per person)

EMSA Pediatric CPR* ($40.00 per person)

EMSA Pediatric First Aid* ($40.00 per person)

EMSA Pediatric CPR & Pediatric First Aid* ($60.00 per person)

* The National Safety Council programs named above have met the requirements of the State of California EMS Authority to provide Child Care Provider First Aid and CPR Training as specified in the Health & Safety Code and the California Code of Regulations. These programs also satisfy the requirements for First Aid Testing of School Bus Drivers as required by Title 22, Division 9, Chapter 1.2 of the California Code of Regulations.

To get a course at your location, please call our office at (888) 212-5412 or email Brian@californiaeducationconnection.com with the following information:

Requested date(s)
Type of course
How many people
Location of course
Contact person
Contact telephone number

What is the legal requirement for an AED?
Effective July 1, 2007, all health clubs and health studios in California are required to have an automated external defibrillator (AED) program in place as required in the California Health and Safety Code, Section 104113. Which health clubs and health studios are affected? For the purposes of this law, health clubs and
health studios mean any facility permitting the use of its facilities and equipment or access to its facilities and equipment to individuals or groups for physical exercise, body building, reducing, figure development, fitness training or any other similar purpose on a membership basis. Health clubs and health studios do not include any hotel or similar business that offers fitness facilities to its registered guests for a fee or as part of hotel charges.

Who and how many people must be trained?
One person per AED unit obtained shall complete training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and AED use for the first five AEDs. If more than five units are obtained, one additional person shall be trained in CPR and AED use for each block of five AEDs obtained (e.g. 4 AEDs obtained, no less than 4 persons trained in CPR and AED, 7 AEDs obtained, 6 persons trained). Health clubs and health studios shall have trained employees who should be available to respond to an emergency that may involve the use of an AED unit during normal operating hours. Health clubs and health studios may need to train additional employees to ensure that a trained employee is available at all times.

What is the training requirement?
CPR and AED training shall consist of a minimum of four hours and shall include the following topics and skills:

The proper use, maintenance and periodic inspection of the AED.
The importance of CPR, defibrillation, advance life support, adequate airway care and the internal emergency response system (if applicable).
An overview of the local emergency medical services (EMS) system, including 911 access and interaction with EMS personnel.
Assessment of the unconscious patient to include evaluation of airway, breathing and circulation to determine if a cardiac arrest has occurred and the appropriateness of applying and activating the AED.
Information relating to defibrillator safety precautions to enable the individual to administer a shock without jeopardizing the safety of the patient or the authorized individual or other nearby persons.
Recognition that an electrical shock has been delivered to the patient and that the defibrillator is no longer charged.
Rapid, accurate assessment of the patient’s post-shock status to determine if further activation of the AED is necessary.
Authorized individual’s responsibility of continuation of care, such as the repeated shocks if necessary, and/or accompaniment to the hospital, if indicated, or until the arrival of more medically qualified personnel.

Authorized individuals are required to complete periodic training and proficiency demonstrations no less than once per year or more frequently at the discretion of the authorizing physician.

For updated legal information, please visit http://www.emsa.ca.gov/