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CPR Training

Now that you've the okay from the city, talked to your tax consultant, taken the "Getting Started" workshop (or not) and gone to the Orientation it's time to start getting CPR trained. You must be certified through either the American Red Cross or through the American Heart Association in order for your credentials to qualify. I signed up for a class the American Red Cross and really enjoyed it. It is not as nerve wrecking as you would think.

A total of 15 hours is needed to become certified as a child care provider and usually are devided up into two days. The class I took was devided up like this:
7 Hours: Prevention of Infectious Diiseas: Prentative Health Practices
Prevention of Infectious Disease: Prevention Policies
Injury Prevention
8 Hours: Adult, Child, Infant CPR
Pediatric First Aid

You get your certification cards mailed to you within two weeks and get to take home a bunch of goodies. I walked away with the American Red Cross Child Care Health & Safety Training participant Handbook (221 pages soft bound) which has everything from what to do in life-threatening situations, emergencies, first-aid kits how to care for bleeding, burns, muscle, bone and joint injuries, preventing diseases, handling food, child abuse etc. The book even has consent forms, injury logs, and record sheets that you can photocopy and use in your daycare. They also give you a lots of worksheets that are useful such as an immunization card checker.

All in all it was a really fun class and very informative. They even teach you how to checka childs immunization card and how to read it to make sure that it's updated.

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