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American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED TOTAL

Heartsaver CPR AED teaches participants how to perform CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) safely and effectively.

This course is designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs an OSHA-compliant course completion card for CPR training—or anyone who simply wants to be ready to respond in an emergency.

This course teaches the lifesaving skills of CPR and AED including signs of a Heart Attack or Stroke; Adult CPR and AED use; Choking help for an Adult, Child or Infant; Drowning response and prevention; Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies; Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR

American Heart Association Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED

Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED teaches anyone responsible for the care and safety of children and infants how to respond quickly to illnesses and injuries especially in an emergency with infants and children until professional help arrives.

Ideal for childcare workers, teachers and school staff, camp counselors, coaches, parents, and other caregivers.

You will learn how to respond to common childhood illnesses and injuries such as bleeding, burns, allergic reactions, breathing problems, and more, along with serious conditions like shock, seizures, head or spinal injuries, and drowning response and prevention.

Training also includes CPR, AED use, and choking relief for infants and children, with an option to add adult modules.

Fundamentals of Powerboating

The National Safe Boating Council's (NSBC) Boat Control On-Water Training Course is recognized for its effectiveness in developing boating skills. Its modules are designed to teach boat handling skills to recreational boaters or personnel hired to operate a vessel used in marine patrol.

BEST’s “Fundamentals of Powerboating” is taught by NSBC Certified Instructors and it is the first segment of the NSBC's boat operator training program delivering Modules One & Two of the Boat Control On-Water Training course.

“Fundamentals of Powerboating” is a 6-hour program delivered from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with a 1-hour lunch break and is dependent on weather conditions and number of attendees. Flexible Scheduling Available

“Fundamentals of Powerboating” is a hands-on close-quarters training that focuses on the critical skills needed by a boat operator to dock, turn and back in tight spaces.

Proper practice of these skills enables the boat operator to do what is necessary to place the craft in the correct position.

Successful completion of this course is required before embarking on the skills and maneuvers covered in BEST’s “Powerboating on Open Water” which delivers Modules Three & Four of the Boat Control On-Water Training course.

These skills are carried out through this next phase.

All skills are accomplished at idle speed under safe, controlled and competent boat operation with the safety of the operator and crew as the highest priority, wearing a properly fitted life jacket and following all navigation rules and safety practices.

This course is ideal for individuals who are either new to powerboating or seeking to build their confidence in tasks such as docking and maneuvering in tight spaces. It offers hands-on instruction designed to help participants master essential boat handling skills in close-quarters situations.

The 1st hour will be in the classroom covering the following:

ADMNITISTRATIVE OBJECTIVESS

INTRODUCTION TO BOAT NOMENCLATURE

PRE-DEPARTURE CHECKLISTS

USE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT

The additional time is spent on the water performing the following essential maneuvers:

INTRODUCTION TO CLOSE- QUARTERS BOAT CONTROL

STEERING CONTROL

SHIFTING GEARS

STOPPING UNDER CONTROL

BASIC MANEUVERING

BOAT HANDLING IN WIND

BOAT HANDLING IN

SPLITTING ENGINES TO MANEUVER

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)

The American Heart Association’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate breaths and ventilations, and provide early use of an AED.

This course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.

This course teaches High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants; BLS concepts from the Chain of Survival; Delivering effective breaths or ventilations; Importance of early use of and how to use an AED; Performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR; Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults, children, and infants.

BEST Local Options

BEST has combined the American Heart Association’s Heartsaver First Aid and Bloodborne Pathogens and the American College of Surgeons’ Stop the Bleed courses to deliver this 4-hour Local Options Course that meets and exceeds OSHA-compliance.

It trains participants first aid basics for the most common first aid emergencies, including how to recognize them, how to call for help, and how to perform lifesaving skills; how to protect themselves and others from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials, act quickly and safely, clean the area that has blood or blood-containing materials and what to do if an accidental exposure were to occur; how to recognize life-threatening bleeding and act quickly and effectively to control it with three quick techniques that will empower the participant to make a life-or-death difference when a bleeding emergency happens.

National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) Boat Control On-Water Training

Whether you are new to powerboating or would like to increase your confidence in docking and maneuvering the boat in close quarters, this course is for you. Boat Control On-Water Training Course is taught in four course modules and designed to teach boat handling skills to recreational boaters or personnel hired to operate a vessel used in marine patrol.

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Powerboating on Open Water

The National Safe Boating Council's (NSBC) Boat Control On-Water Training Course is recognized for its effectiveness in developing boating skills. Its modules are designed to teach boat handling skills to recreational boaters or personnel hired to operate a vessel used in marine patrol.

BEST’s “Powerboating on Open Water” is taught by NSBC Certified Instructors and it is the second segment of the NSBC's boat operator training program delivering Modules Three & Four of the Boat Control On-Water Training course.

Prior to taking this course, students are required to successfully complete BEST’s “Fundamentals of Powerboating” which covers NSBC’s boat operator training program Modules Three & Four of the Boat Control On-Water Training course.

“Powerboating on Open Water” is a 6-hour program delivered from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with a 1-hour lunch break. This schedule is dependent on weather conditions as well as the number and experience of attendees.

“Powerboating on Open Water” is a hands-on maneuvers training that focuses on the set of critical skills needed by a boat operator to proceed away from the comparative lower risk of protected water and venture into open water to open the throttle and cruise safely and efficiently.

 This course is ideal for individuals who are either new to powerboating or seeking to build their confidence in tasks such as

It offers hands-on instruction designed to help participants master essential boat handling skills in

The 1st hour will be in the classroom covering the following:

ADMNITISTRATIVE OBJECTIVESS

GRAPHICS OVERVIEW

COURSE OBJECTIVES

PREREQUISITES

RESPONSIBILITY

LOOKOUT

Z SPEED

RISK OF COLLISION

ACTION TO AVOID COLLISION

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

EQUIPMENT

TERMINOLOGY

The additional time is spent on the water performing the following:

PERFORMANCE

TRIM

TURNS

STOPS

BOAT HANDLING IN

WAKES AND WA YES

BOAT HANDLING

IN WIND

BOAT HANDLING

IN CURRENT

EMERGENCIES AND

RESCUES

BEST-Boating Emergency Safety Training

This is a 40-hour / 5-Day All-Inclusive instruction and practical training in boat safety, docking, handling and advanced maneuvers, life-saving techniques, fire safety and prevention, emergency mitigation, survival skills, tips and tricks of the trade and helpful reminders that will ensure the secure transition between land and water of all passengers on board.