American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) Courses

ASHI Basic First Aid for the Community and Workplace program is designed for individuals in the community that require or desire a basic knowledge and first aid skills. This extremely flexible program will help employers meet OSHA and other federal and state regulatory requirements for training employees how to respond and care for medical emergencies at work.

This is for individuals who require or desire elementary first aid knowledge and skills with a focus on adults, children, or both including: emergency response teams in business and industry, school bus drivers, adult residential care personnel, child care workers, teachers, parents, and babysitters. This course is approximately five hours in length.

This training combines the ASHI Basic First Aid, the ASHI CPR, and AED together into one program. It is designed for individuals in the community that require or desire a basic knowledge and first aid, CPR, and AED skills. This extremely flexible program will help employers meet OSHA and other federal and state regulatory requirements for training employees how to respond and care for medical emergencies at work.

This is for individuals who require or desire elementary first aid knowledge and skills with a focus on adults, children, or both including: emergency response teams in business and industry, school bus drivers, adult residential care personnel, child care workers, teachers, parents, and babysitters. This program is not intended for persons in the healthcare field. This course is approximately eight hours in length.

Wilderness environments create special situations not usually encountered in an urban or suburban environment. With ASHI’s Wilderness First Aid, instructors certified to teach CPR/AED, basic first aid, and have wilderness experience can take advantage of ASHI’s flexible instructional design.

Course content includes: preparation and assessment, preventing and caring for Injuries, environmental hazards, biological hazards, and medical emergencies. This comprehensive 16- to 20-hour course meets the Boy Scouts of America Wilderness First Aid curriculum and guidelines.

This extremely flexible program will help employers meet OSHA and other federal and state regulatory requirements for training employees how to respond and care for medical emergencies at work. It is designed for individuals in the workplace and community that require or desire basic CPR and AED skills.

This program is not intended for persons in the healthcare field. This course is approximately five hours in length.

Students learn how to recognize a life-threatening emergency. ASHI’s CPR PRO has been approved for training for emergency medical services personnel and is accepted by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT). It is designed for individuals in the healthcare of professional rescuer field that are required to have a professional-level of basic life support training.

It is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilations with a barrier device, a bag-mask device), use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). The course is also designed for anyone who is required to take a healthcare provider course for employment. This course is approximately seven hours in length.

The Child and Babysitting Safety program is a community education program that covers child safety and basic care techniques for infants and children. CABS stresses the priority to keep you and the children you care for safe.

Babysitting is not just “watching” the children, but being responsible for their safety and well-being. When you are caring for a child, you are taking care of a parents’ most prized possession. Everything in their home and your own home can be replaced— everything, that is, except a child. The course is geared towards adolescents, not intended for daycare workers. The course is approximately 6 to 8 hours in length.

The Wilderness Emergency Care (WEC) program supports a family of courses to meet the needs of everyone with outdoor interests, from easy day trips to challenging and technical activities, including wilderness rescue. The WEC textbook not only explains the concepts in clear language, it also shows you how to do all the skills, step by step, with many photos and drawings.

The WEC instructor guide provides course outlines and lesson plans for all the wilderness courses and explains how to plan, prepare for, teach, and evaluate a course. It also has a great collection of resources—including quizzes, scenarios for practical exams, and evaluation forms.

Basic Wilderness First Aid is an intensive 8- to 10-hour course for those who are involved in wilderness recreation. This course may also meet the needs of volunteers and professionals who lead groups on short trips in relatively low-risk situations.

Wilderness First Aid is a 16- to 20-hour course for those who are involved in serious wilderness activities. This course is the choice of many wilderness trip leaders and guides.

Wilderness First Responder is a 60- to 80-hour course for wilderness professionals and others who want a higher level of training or require WFR certification.

Wilderness EMT Upgrade is a 40-hour course for those who are already certified as EMTs. The course builds on EMT training and adds wilderness concepts and skills with many role-playing scenarios.

The ASHI First Responder Course teaches the basics of emergency medical care including patient assessment, splinting, hemorrhage control, oxygen therapy, suction, CPR and, use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Responders may assist with the administration of the patient’s own epinephrine auto injector, nitroglycerin, or handheld bronchodilator inhaler.

Responders are taught to recognize and treat symptoms of heart attack, stroke, poison, overdose, hypothermia, and cold-related injuries as well as treatment for burns and a variety of other medical conditions. This course is approximately 40 hours in length.

American Safety and Health Institute’s Blood-Borne Pathogens awareness program includes information that will help students understand what blood-borne pathogens are and how risks of exposure can be reduced for themselves and others. This program is intended for compliance with OSHA’s 29 CFR 1910.151, the “Access to Medical Care” standard as well as 29 CFR 1910.1030, the “Blood-Borne Pathogens” standard.

It is a common occupational package for general industry and construction. The course teaches the importance of protecting themselves against blood-borne pathogens such as those found in AIDS and hepatitis.

This is for any employee who has a reasonable anticipation of contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials as a result of performing designated job duties, including but not limited to healthcare workers, public safety personnel, housekeeping and custodial workers, and educational and correctional workers.

This course is designated for first aid providers. This course is approximately two hours in length.

The Emergency Oxygen administration program is a critical step in treating a severe or life-threatening illness or injury. Serious and life-threatening medical emergencies often cause oxygen to be depleted in the body, leaving the victim at risk for cardiac arrest or brain damage.

This program focuses on administering emergency oxygen, rescue breathing and oxygen delivery devices. It is designed for community and workplace lay rescuers. This course is approximately three hours in length.

Emergency Medical Response for Adults in the Workplace is a combined CPR, AED, and basic first aid training program designed specifically to arm laypersons with the minimum knowledge and skills necessary to provide emergency care for suddenly ill or injured adults during the usually brief interval between the incident and arrival of emergency medical care professionals.

Expanded information on blood-borne pathogens and emergency oxygen administration is included to enhance knowledge and understanding of these two important and related emergency care topics. This course is approximately 7 ½ hours in length.