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: Matt Brown - Manager, Corporate Health & Safety at 217-787-7602 ext. 239 or mbrown@il-redcross.org.
