The Red Cross offers a wide selection of CPR/AED, first aid, lifeguarding, swimming and water safety and caregiving training. The Red Cross constantly strives to respond to the health and safety concerns of Americans at home, in school and in the workplace. Today's innovative programs also include teaching lay persons and professionals how to use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to save victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

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Additional Health & Safety Programs in our Community...

Adapted Aquatics Program
For over twenty-five years the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey has conducted Adapted Aquatics Programs in Hamilton Township.  The goal of the program is to teach individuals with disabilities the importance of safety, how to swim and especially have FUN!

Every year, volunteer instructors teach more than 50 individuals with disabilities how to swim.  The program provides participants with the opportunity to meet challenges, experience success, work with others, and become part of a social group.  Additionally, water exercise allows them to utilize muscles that prohibit their movement on land.  They are able to improve strength, coordination, and range of movement while having fun and learning how to swim.

Volunteers are needed for this program.  The prerequisites are minimal: Be friendly, be at least 15 years of age and know how to swim.

Programs for Youth
The American Red Cross has compiled a series of courses that can be leader led.  With little or no training, a school or nonprofit organization can purchase these materials and incorporate them into their programs.

First Aid for Children Today (F.A.C.T.) - The F.A.C.T. Critter Clan Family of multicultural animal characters leads children on a path of discovery.  Kids ages 5-8 learn about ways to be aware of dangers, how to prevent them, and how to respond to them if necessary.

Basic Aid Training (B.A.T.) introduces 8-12 year-olds to the emergency action steps, check, call, care and to first aid procedures.  An activity book with puzzles and games teaches children how to prevent injuries and what to do in an emergency.

Longfellow's WHALE Tales makes water safety for 5-12 year-olds fun and easy to learn!  Longfellow, the animated whale, appears throughout lesson plans, color posters, worksheets, activities, and a video to teach about safe behavior in and around water.

Scrubby Bear - Scrubby Bear provides lessons in how to prevent germ and infectious disease transmission.  The program teaches children 5 to 8 about the importance of washing their hands to avoid being sick.