Website: https://nashvillefirstaidandcpr.com/
Nashville First Aid & CPR is a Nashville, Tennessee training provider that offers certified CPR, first aid, and life-support classes for everyday citizens and healthcare providers. The company describes itself as an American Heart Association (AHA) Certified Training Site and states that it was established to meet the growing emergency training needs of Nashville and the surrounding areas. Its courses are designed both for the general public and for medical professionals, and the business can deliver training at its own scheduled classes or on-site at a client’s location.
Services
Nashville First Aid & CPR offers a range of AHA courses, including HeartSaver CPR/AED and First Aid, OSHA Blood Borne Pathogens, BLS for Healthcare Providers, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support). The company also offers NAEMT courses such as PHTLS (Prehospital Trauma Life Support), which it describes as a leading continuing-education program for prehospital emergency trauma care.
Specific course details published on the site include:
- Heartsaver CPR/AED/First Aid: a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course teaching skills to manage first aid, choking, or sudden cardiac arrest emergencies. Designed for everyday citizens such as employees, parents, teachers, coaches, and babysitters. Certification lasts 2 years; class length is 5 hours.
- BLS for Healthcare Providers: a classroom course for nurses, nursing students, physicians, medical and dental assistants, and physical and occupational therapists, covering CPR, AED use, and choking relief. Certification lasts 2 years; class length is 4 hours.
- ACLS: builds on the foundation of BLS skills for healthcare providers.
- PALS: enhances skills in treating pediatric arrest and periarrest patients.
The company offers classes for individuals as well as small and large groups, and states it has enough instructors to accommodate classes as large as 75 people. It will come to a client’s location with all equipment and supplies needed to certify employees in the chosen course.
About
Nashville First Aid & CPR was founded by Bill Kelleher, who has a background in Emergency Medical Services. On the About page, he recounts first using CPR skills as an 18-year-old college freshman after a classmate collapsed during a Tae Kwon Do belt test on April 20, 1990. That experience led him to join a university rescue squad, train as an EMT and later an Advanced EMT, become a CPR and EMT instructor, and complete paramedic school. He also describes participating in an instructor group that ran a pilot project in New York State to bring defibrillation skills to the Certified First Responder level, training more than 900 Buffalo firefighters in under two years.
Location & Contact
Nashville First Aid & CPR is based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company can be reached by phone at 615-SO-DEFIB (763-3342). Its listed hours are Monday to Saturday, 8:00 to 6:00, with Sunday closed. A contact form on the site lets prospective students indicate their training option, group size, and message.
Additional Information
In addition to individual and group classes, the company offers Corporate and Group Training and states it can travel to client locations for private organizations and corporate clients across the country. The website also includes a Course Calendar and a blog.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (nashvillefirstaidandcpr.com).