Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), AED and First Aid courses are offered through the Smart Heart Program, a community health partnership between Boca Raton Fire Rescue and Boca Raton Regional Hospital.  Courses are held at Fire Rescue Headquarters, 6500 Congress Ave., Boca Raton, FL 33487 and at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, 800 Meadows Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486.  Please call the CPR Line at 561-955-4468 to enroll or obtain course information including scheduling and fees.

• Course Description: The Heartsaver AED Course teaches the basic techniques of adult and child CPR and use of an AED. Students also learn about using barrier devices in CPR and giving first aid for choking. The course teaches how to recognize the signs of 4 major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, and foreign-body airway obstruction.
• Course Length: 3 hours
• Intended Audience: All lay responders, such as firefighters, police, airline personnel, security guards, employees in the workplace, family members of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, other lay rescuers, and those who may have a need to respond to a cardiac emergency.
• Student Materials: Heartsaver AED Workbook - Workbook provided on night of class (no additional charge).
• Instructor Materials: Heartsaver AED Instructor's Manual Or BLS Instructor's Manual and Heartsaver AED Instructor's Tool Kit with required videos.
• Card Type: Course Completion
• Written Skills/Exam: Required for Course Completion Card

• Course Description: The Heartsaver First Aid Course teaches rescuers to effectively recognize and treat adult emergencies in the critical first minutes until EMS personnel arrive.  Participants will learn to treat medical emergencies such as breathing problems, allergic reactions, chest pain, heart attack, bleeding, and environmental emergencies such as bites, stings, and poisoning.
• Course Length: 3 to 4 hours
• Intended Audience: All lay responders with a duty to respond to emergencies in the workplace or community.  Rescuers required to take this course as part of their employer’s efforts to comply with OSHA regulations.
• Student Materials: Heartsaver First Aid Student Workbook. Workbook provided on night of class (no additional charge).
• Instructor Materials:
  • BLS Instructor's Manual
  • Heartsaver First Aid Manual
  • Heartsaver First Aid Instructor's Tool Kit with required videos
• Card Type: Course Completion
• Written Skills/Exam: Required for Course Completion Card

• Course Description: The Family and Friends CPR course provides instruction in Adult/Child/Infant CPR and giving first aid for choking. Students also learn about using barrier devices in CPR. The course teaches how to recognize the signs of 4 major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, and foreign-body airway obstruction.
• Course Length: 2.5 to 3 hours
• Intended Audience: The Family and Friends course is intended for people with limited or no medical training who want to learn more about CPR.
• Student Materials: Family & Friends Student Workbook.  Workbook provided on night of class (no additional charge).
• Instructor Materials:
  • BLS Instructor's Manual
  • Heartsaver AED Instructor's Tool Kit with required videos.
• Card Type:None – This is a non-credentialed course.
• Written Skills/Exam: No

• Course Description: The BLS Healthcare Provider Recertification Course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide heath care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital. For certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals.
  Pre-requisite: None
• Course Length: 4.5 hours
• Intended Audience: Recommended for licensed or certified healthcare professionals. Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician's assistants, residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.
• Student Materials: BLS for Healthcare Providers Student Workbook ,  student  is required to purchase the book prior to attending class.  Book is available for purchase at Book Smart in Boca Raton - (561)  394-6085.
• Instructor Materials:
  • BLS Instructor's Manual
  • BLS Instructor's Instructor's Tool Kit with required videos.
• Card Type: Course Completion
• Written Skills/Exam: Required for Course Completion Card