Class Enrollment

Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training
Date/Time:	Tue 3/24/2026 at 10:15 AM
Location:	PALM DESERT RESUSCITATION EDUCATION LLC - ORANGE COUNTY OFFICE - 24432 Muirlands Blvd., Unit #131, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Class Price:	$25.00
Notes:	***We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule a class due to the lack of participation or personnel/workplace emergency situations. Please be advised that notification of canceled or rescheduled course(s) will be given by phone or email as soon as possible.

Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training

The Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training Classroom Course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals, non-healthcare professionals, and lay people the ability to use an AED in a timely and effective manner, to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, and lecture on providing CPR (didactics only).

In the classroom, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with their AED skills practice and skills testing including a review of their current on-site AED(s).

Audience:

• This course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals, non-healthcare professionals, and lay people the ability to use an AED in a timely and effective manner, to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, and lecture on providing CPR (didactics only).

Features:

• Lecture and hands-on based course ensures consistency and learning of psychomotor skills and techniques
• Instructor led, hands on class format reinforces skills proficiency
• Updated Science based content

Course Content:

• How to use an AED
• Making sure the scene is safe
• Turning it on
• Connecting the wires and AED pads correctly
• Pad placements in different body types
• Learning how to switch roles if applicable during the analyzing of the AED
• Continuous CPR while charging of the AED
• Clearing the patient/victim before pressing the shock button
• Immediate continuation of CPR after the AED delivers a shock
• Contraindications or Special Circumstances
• Clearing the torso for proper AED pad placements and efficacy
• Environmental hazards to watch out for when using an AED
• Cautionary guidelines when an individual in cardiac arrest has an implantable Automated Internal Cardiac Defibrillator (AICD) or a dual pacemaker/defibrillator
• Specific adjunct tools and equipment needed for using the AED
• Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (Didactics and Summary Only)
• Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
• The American Heart Association Chain of Survival
• 1-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
• 2-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
• Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques
• Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant
• Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant
• Relief of choking for adult, child and infant

Course Format/Time:

• Classroom-based
• Course Length:
• Requires approximately 1.5 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing

Course Fee:

• $25 per student enrolled in the class
• The students enrolled in this class will have 25% off in any of PDRE’s courses, products, and materials

Certification:

• Students who successfully complete the AED training course will NOT receive a Course Completion Card.

Scheduling & Discounts:

• Register early because classroom-based courses fill-up quickly
• Enrollment is limited
• Course scheduling is subject to change without notice
• Please call us if you have any questions or for discounted group rates and seasonal promotions!
• Feel free to view our website for more information: https://www.yourcprmd.com