AMERICAN RED CROSS WORKPLACE TRAINING PROGRAMS

The American Red Cross constantly strives to bring the most relevant and up-to-date training to the workplace.  We have revised our Standard First Aid and Adult CPR programs with a new curriculum featuring concise, easy to read new Workplace Training Booklets and Skills Cards.  The new, streamlined format means shorter instruction time, making it even easier to fit training into already busy schedules.   In addition to the new Standard First Aid/Adult CPR/AED core training courses we have added supplemental modules for specialized training.  These modules include:

• Preventing Disease Transmission (blood-borne pathogens)
• Slips, Trips and Falls
• Ergonomics
• Back Injury Prevention
• Workplace Violence Prevention
• Managing Stress
• Your Heart Matters
• Oxygen Administration for the Lay Rescuer
• Family Caregiving Series (featuring 9 subject modules with information regarding taking care of an elderly loved one and taking care of yourself as the caregiver)

These modules focus on common causes of work-site injuries and key health risks in one-hour add-onor stand alone sessions.  With these modules we can help you build the health and safety program that is right for your business. 

Our certified, professional instructors are available for trainings virtually 24/7.

Why is training important?

• In 2002, 4.7 million injuries and illnesses and 5,524 deaths were reported at workplaces throughout the U.S. (US Department of Labor, OSHA)
• More than 1.6 million Workers’ Compensation claims were filed in just one year. (JosephCanatese, Cutting Health Care Costs, Waste Age, Dec. 1, 2002)
• Businesses spend $170.9 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses-expenditures that come straight out of a companies profits. (J. Paul Leigh, Stanford Medical Center)

Contact: Valerie Karr at 217-345-5166 or vkarr@il-redcross.org

Health & Safety Services
For more than a century, the American Red Cross has been saving lives with health and safety education programs. The Coles & Clark County, IL Branch Office of the American Red Cross offers a variety of Health and Safety services, including training such as First Aid, CPR, Lifeguard Training, AED (Automated External Defibrillation), HIV/AIDS, and Babysitters Training. American Red Cross programs help people live safer and healthier lives. The Red Cross constantly strives to respond to the health and safety concerns of Americans at home, in school and in the workplace.

Community Health & Safety

• Training & Educational Opportuinites: First-Aid
• CPR (Adult, Infant/Child, and Professional Rescuer)
• Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
• Lifeguard Training
• Babysitter’s Training
• Sport Safety Training
• Volunteer Instructor Training Courses
• First-Aid Stations
• Health Fairs

Corporate Health & Safety

• Full Service Training - Available any time, any place you choose!
• AP-Instructor Training - Train your own in-house instructor!
• Business Emergency Planning Association – Prepare your business for the unthinkable!
• Automated External Defibrillator- Purchase facilitation and training!