YMCA Certification Program (RSV)

YMCA Certification program for YMCA Employees Remote Skills Verification (RSV).  The class covers the requirement for Basic CPR and First Aid for all YMCA employees & members.

This course contains the same instruction sets as the CPR/AED and Basic First Aid combination comprehensive training course includes adults, children, and infants. The program helps develop basic first aid knowledge, skills, and the confidence to respond. This course includes choking, heart conditions, and caring for a variety of wounds. The course will teach you to understand how to handle emergencies in many different environments. The duration of the Online course is 3 hours and 1 hour skills assessment. This course is for any YMCA employee, volunteer and affiliates.

How Remote Skills Verification works:
When you purchase the CPR/AED and First Aid Remote Skills Verification RSV Course, we will send the video link to your email, and another link to schedule your skill assessment within the same link.  When enrolling in the RSV program we will send the equipment to your door while you work on the course online. You have the luxury to schedule your skill assessment at your earliest convenience. On your scheduled day you will need a computer with a camera and microphone to interact with the instructor online.  Upon completion, the equipment will have a return label and once we get notice of the manikin being shipped back we will send out your certification.

Intended audience
For all YMCA employee.

Recognized certification period
Up to 2 years

Recommended time to complete

• Initial training: 3 hours online and 1 hour skill assessment

Course topics

• First Aid Provider
• Legal Considerations
• Recognizing an Emergency
• Deciding to Help
• Personal Safety
• Disease Transmission and Universal Precautions
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Primary Assessment—Unresponsive
• Unresponsive and Breathing— Recovery Position
• Primary Assessment—Responsive
• Secondary Assessment
• Control of Bleeding
• Internal Bleeding
• Managing Shock
• Amputation
• Impaled Object
• Open Chest Injury
• Open Abdominal Injury
• Head, Neck, or Back Injury
• Swollen, Painful, Deformed Limb
• Impaled Object in the Eye
• Chemicals in the Eye
• Nosebleed
• Injured Tooth
• Burns
• Sudden Illness
• Altered Mental Status
• Stroke
• Diabetic Emergencies
• Seizure
• Breathing Difficulty, Shortness of Breath
• Asthma
• Severe Allergic Reaction
• Pain, Severe Pressure, or Discomfort in the Chest
• Severe Abdominal Pain
• Poisoning
• Bites and Stings
• Heat Emergencies
• Cold Emergencies
• Emergency Moves
• Emotional Considerations
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest
• Early Defibrillation
• CPR and AED Provider
• Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
• Chain of Survival
• Chain of Survival for Children
• Basic CPR—Chest Compressions
• Basic CPR—Rescue Breaths
• Basic CPR—Primary Assessment
• Unresponsive and Not Breathing—CPR
• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
• Basic AED Operation
• Troubleshooting and Other Considerations
• Choking

Optional program content

• Tourniquets
• Splinting
• Metered-Dose Inhalers
• Nebulizers
• EpiPen ® Auto-Injectors

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