Community First Aid and Safety teaches participants how to recognize and care for life-threatening emergencies. These emergencies include respiratory and cardiac problems, sudden illness and injuries like bleeding and broken bones. Skills learned in this course include rescue breathing, first aid for choking and CPR for infants, children and adults, first aid for sudden illnesses, bleeding control and splinting. In addition, you'll receive training in using an automated external defibrillator (AED) on a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Using an AED continues to be the only effective way to return heart rhythms to their normal levels.