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Preparation includes preserving life

Medical Training

HSI emergency-care courses taught within Wesley Brown’s current Level 2 Instructor Trainer authorization, with course selection matched to the learner, workplace, and required response role.

HSI course catalog

Medical and Life-Safety Courses

Courses may be delivered in the approved classroom or blended format available for that program. Final duration, prerequisites, skills evaluations, written testing, certification eligibility, and client-specific regulatory requirements are confirmed before scheduling.

Foundational care

Adult First Aid

Prepares participants to recognize and provide initial care for common sudden illnesses and injuries until professional help takes over.

  • Scene safety and initial assessment
  • Sudden illness and medical emergencies
  • Wounds, burns, bone and joint injuries
  • Environmental emergencies and ongoing care

Designed for: Employees, families, volunteers, and designated workplace responders.

Cardiac response

Adult CPR AED

Builds the skills and confidence to respond when an adult is unresponsive, not breathing normally, choking, or experiencing sudden cardiac arrest.

  • High-quality adult CPR
  • Safe, effective AED use
  • Adult choking response
  • Teamwork and transition to EMS

Designed for: Workplaces, churches, community groups, and the general public.

All-age response

Adult, Child & Infant CPR AED

Extends CPR, AED, and choking-response skills across adult, child, and infant emergencies, including the important differences in care.

  • Adult, child, and infant CPR
  • AED use for adults and children
  • Choking care for every age group
  • Recognition, activation, and continued care

Designed for: Families, schools, childcare staff, coaches, churches, and mixed-age workplaces.

Combined certification

First Aid | CPR AED

Combines first aid with CPR, AED, and choking care in one coordinated program. Adult-only and all-ages configurations are available when authorized and appropriate.

  • Sudden cardiac arrest and choking
  • Medical, injury, and environmental emergencies
  • Patient assessment and priority decisions
  • Integrated care until EMS arrives

Designed for: Clients seeking a broad, practical emergency-care course for personnel or community members.

Children and infants

Pediatric First Aid | CPR AED

Focuses on recognizing and managing emergencies involving children and infants, with skills appropriate for people responsible for their care.

  • Pediatric assessment and emergency action
  • Child and infant CPR and choking care
  • Pediatric AED considerations
  • Common illnesses, injuries, and allergic emergencies

Designed for: Childcare providers, educators, coaches, youth leaders, parents, and caregivers.

Professional-level resuscitation

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Develops high-quality resuscitation skills for healthcare personnel and professional responders who may work alone or as part of a team.

  • Adult, child, and infant CPR
  • AED use and airway-obstruction care
  • Team-based and multi-rescuer response
  • Performance-focused skills practice

Designed for: Healthcare providers, first responders, and personnel whose duties require BLS-level training.

Expanded workplace response

Advanced First Aid

Provides substantially more depth than basic first aid for responders expected to manage a wider range of illnesses and injuries before EMS arrives.

  • Detailed patient assessment
  • Serious medical and traumatic emergencies
  • Expanded skill practice and decision-making
  • Written and hands-on evaluation

Designed for: Corporate emergency-response teams, security personnel, and designated occupational responders.

Delayed professional care

Wilderness First Aid

Addresses emergency care when distance, terrain, weather, or limited communications may delay access to professional responders.

  • Remote scene and patient assessment
  • Environmental and exposure emergencies
  • Wounds and musculoskeletal injuries
  • Monitoring, evacuation, and improvised decisions

Designed for: Outdoor leaders, guides, camps, remote workers, and preparedness-minded groups.

Severe hemorrhage

Advanced Bleeding Control

Provides detailed, hands-on instruction for controlling severe external bleeding when rapid action is critical.

  • Recognition of life-threatening bleeding
  • Direct pressure and pressure bandages
  • Tourniquet application
  • Wound packing and packed dressings

Designed for: Security teams, emergency-response personnel, workplaces, campuses, churches, and public-event staff.

Exposure prevention

Bloodborne Pathogens

Explains how occupational exposure can occur and how to reduce risk when blood or other potentially infectious materials may be present.

  • Exposure routes and risk recognition
  • Standard precautions and protective barriers
  • Safe cleanup and disposal principles
  • Exposure response and reporting

Designed for: Employees, responders, custodial staff, childcare personnel, and anyone with reasonably anticipated exposure.

Supplemental emergency care

Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen

Prepares trained responders to handle emergency oxygen equipment safely and use approved delivery devices within their role and authorization.

  • Oxygen safety and equipment inspection
  • Assembly and operation
  • Selection of delivery devices
  • Integration with CPR and emergency care

Designed for: First-aid responders, aquatic and fitness personnel, response teams, and organizations maintaining oxygen equipment.

Youth safety and caregiving

Child and Babysitting Safety (CABS)

Gives teens and young adults practical guidance for safe, responsible babysitting and caring for younger family members.

  • Babysitting as a business
  • Working with parents and children
  • Safety, supervision, and injury prevention
  • Age-appropriate care and basic first aid

Designed for: Teens, young adults, youth organizations, and family members responsible for younger children.

Program authorization matters. CDS offers only the HSI programs covered by the instructor’s current authorization and the Training Center’s approved program access. Course requirements and certification are governed by the current HSI curriculum and applicable client or regulatory requirements.

Evaluate your ability to begin responsible care

Medical Readiness Check

This private check considers training, emergency communication, equipment, access, practice, and the needs of the people being served. Answers remain on your device and should not include names, diagnoses, medication details, medical histories, or other private health information.

Private self-assessmentMedical Emergency ReadinessOpen check

Medical emergencies develop quickly. Consider whether the people in your home or organization have the training, equipment, and confidence to begin appropriate care while professional help is on the way.

Answers stay on this device

Does at least one person in your household or organization hold current first-aid and CPR training?

Answer question 1

Do the people responsible for helping others know how to contact emergency services and provide an accurate location?

Answer question 2

Are first-aid supplies appropriate to your environment, accessible, and clearly identified?

Answer question 3

Are medical kits, emergency oxygen equipment, and AEDs checked regularly when they are available?

Answer question 4

Has your training included hands-on practice rather than information alone?

Answer question 5

Can responsible members recognize when a medical situation may be life-threatening and requires immediate professional help?

Answer question 6

Do the people expected to use an AED know where it is and how to access it?

Answer question 7

Do your plans account for children, older adults, allergies, medications, disabilities, or other known needs?

Answer question 8

Do responsible members understand basic precautions for blood and other potentially infectious materials?

Answer question 9

Are medical skills refreshed periodically instead of being treated as one-time training?

Answer question 10

Has bleeding-control training and appropriate equipment been considered for the hazards present in your setting?

Answer question 11

Have responsible members practiced how they will summon help, direct responders, retrieve equipment, and support care without exceeding their training?

Answer question 12

This reflection and its score are not medical advice or a substitute for emergency services, professional medical care, or hands-on certification training. Call 911 or the appropriate emergency number during an emergency.