FREE Training Courses (CPR, First Aid and more at our Stockton facility)

Most people take their first CPR class or First Aid class because they're required to do so for their employer or for some type of schooling that they will be starting. However, at Life First Training Center we believe that everyone should be trained in CPR and First Aid. You never know when an emergency is going to occur and it may be at home with your loved ones and not at a job. We believe that knowing how to respond in an emergency is something that everyone should know.  It is also a top priority for our company to support our community members however we can . Some ways in which we have done this have been, keeping our prices much lower than our competitors, providing flexible scheduling options, ensuring a supportive learning environment and high quality training.  As we continue to focus on supporting our valley community, we are now offering a variety of free training programs and classes as well.  Many of these trainings are related to health and safety but we also have a variety of other classes as well. We will also offer free events to connect with families in our community such as a Halloween party and Christmas party focused on children and their families  .  To learn more about our free classes, please see our website,  www.lifefirsttrainingcenter .com.  Just click on our courses button and then select free classes.


Besides our many free classes, we also offer several certification classes.  Some classes we offer include; BLS Healthcare Provider CPR certification , Basic CPR and AED certification with or without Basic First Aid, Pediatric First Aid and CPR for childcare providers and foster parents, online CPR and First Aid options, Babysitter Certification, Abuse and Abduction Prevention for Children, EMT Prep training, ACLS and PALS training for advanced medical professionals, ECG, Bloodborne Pathogens and much more.  Please see our website for further information. We hope to see you at a training course soon.

Serving such areas as Stockton, Lodi, Tracy, Modesto, Manteca, Lathrop, and the surrounding areas.

www.lifefirsttrainingcenter.com
209-951-3097 or 1-866-life1st

It is hard to believe that yet another year has passed and we are now in 2012. As time goes on and technology continues to advance, CPR and First Aid training are advancing as well.

The first city to teach and promote resuscitation was Amsterdam, located in the heart of the European Enlightenment and also a city of canals—therefore a city with many drownings – as many as 400 per year. Death from cardiac disease was still not prevalent and sudden deaths were mostly from accidents. In August 1767 a few wealthy and civic-minded citizens gathered to form the Society for Recovery of Drowned Persons. This society was the first organised effort to respond to sudden death. Within 4 years of its founding, the society in Amsterdam claimed that 150 persons were saved by their recommendations. Their techniques involved a range of methods to stimulate the body. As time went on and science progressed, techniques were improved and added greatly increasing the number of lives saved. Today millions of lives have been saved in part to CPR and/or First Aid training. The curriculum continues to be updated every 5 years allowing for the newest in science to be incorporated in training sessions. Options for taking a classroom based course of only a few hours as well as online instruction are now available. Something as simple as pushing in the center of the chest until 911 rescuers arrive really can save a life. Best of wishes to everyone in this new year. It is a great time to be alive.

American Heart Month

February is American Heart Month. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women. The month of February is dedicated to increasing awareness of heart disease and increasing knowledge about prevention. As an approved American Heart Association training center, Life First TC is passionate about educating our community on this topic. Here are a few tips to put you on the right path to a healthy heart:

1. Know the risk factors of heart disease. Identify ways that you can improve your own chances for living a healthy life-free of cardiovascular disease.

2. Know the warning signs of a heart attack so that you can recognize them quickly and get immediate medical attention.

3. See your physician for regular check-ups even when you are feeling well. If you have any history of heart disease or risk factors of heart disease, talk with your doctor about what tests you may want to do to keep an eye on your heart.

4. Learn CPR and how to use an AED and encourage everyone you know to do the same.

Life First TC will be offering a FREE CPR certification course in honor of American Heart Month. The course will be at our Stockton training center on Feb. 19th. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.

New CPR Guidelines Announced

Life First Training Center is proud to be an official American Heart Association approved Training Center. The American Heart Association is the gold standard for CPR training. One reason for this is because of their process for creating the CPR guidelines which are updated every 5 years. More than over 250 CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care scientific topics undergo evidence-based review by leading experts in the field of medicine. Curriculum and instructors are updated to the newest recommended findings and students are taught the most current and effective ways possible to assist in saving the lives of others. The new CPR guidelines of 2010 will among other changes, teach a revised order of initial CPR steps. The new order is C-A-B (compressions-airway and breathing) which supports the latest evidence that compressions are the most important part of CPR. For more information on these guideline changes, please visit the AHA web site at: http://www.americanheart.org/ For information on courses in the Stockton-Modesto and Tracy area, please visit our website at: http://www.lifefirsttrainingcenter.org/