Columbia Safety, LLC, located off N. Kellogg St. in Kennewick offers American Heart Association classes for both healthcare providers and non-healthcare providers, including First Aid, CPR/AED, Wilderness First Aid and more.  They are offering the First Aid and CPR classes for non-healthcare providers on two different dates before the end of the year.

Monday, Nov. 20th

AHA HeartSaver CPR and AED class, 8am-10am

AHA HeartSaver First Aid class, 10am-12:30pm

Saturday, Dec. 16th

AHA HeartSaver CPR and AED class, 8am-10am

AHA HeartSaver First Aid class, 10am-12:30pm

The Red Cross recommends that at least one person in every household and place of business receive training in CPR and proper use of an AED. This training can give them the knowledge and confidence to respond during an emergency situation with skills that can help save a life.

Their calendar is also showing an eight hour Wilderness First Aid class on Saturday, February 10th, 2018, but it is not linked to a description, yet. It could be their Basic Wilderness First Aid class, which is an eight hour class or it could be part of a multi-part Wilderness First Aid class — which is usually 16-20 hours in length. Standard first aid classes assume that you may have an ambulance on scene within minutes, whereas wilderness first aid classes assume that you may have to stabilize your patient for hours or more because of remote wilderness locations.