Safety & Injury Prevention
Being prepared for an emergency brings peace of mind, but knowing how to prevent an injury from ever occurring is most certainly the preferable course.
The FMH Wellness Center offers a variety of First Aid and CPR classes. Our complete line of CPR courses is taught by certified American Heart Association instructors. All classes use “watch and practice” videos that make learning easy and enjoyable. Each class emphasizes “hands-on” skills, practicing with mannequins. Upon course completion, students are prepared to administer CPR to victims of sudden cardiac arrest or choking.
Our Basic First Aid Training is designed for lay people. It teaches participants how to deal with an injury or medical emergency while awaiting professional rescuers. The program satisfies both insurance and governmental requirements for business and industry.
Field experience at various safety seat inspections shows that nine out of ten safety seats are not being used or installed correctly. Is yours?
Child safety seats are very effective when installed and used correctly, but in Maryland it is estimated that the misuse rate is approximately 90% ! FMH Wellness Center’s Safety and Injury Prevention Program helps to reduce the number of needless injuries and deaths by educating the public on child passenger safety.
Scroll down for more information on child passenger safety.
American Heart Association Classes
Healthcare Provider CPR
This course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages, including ventilation with a barrier device, bag-valve mask device, and oxygen, use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and relief of foreign body airway obstruction. It is intended for participants who work in a healthcare setting and are required to take a healthcare provider course for their employment. Course completion card is issued for all participants who successfully complete the written examination and skills demonstration.
The fee for this 8 hour course is $65.00.
Healthcare Provider CPR Refresher
Designed to upgrade the current Healthcare Provider to the new 2000 AHA guidelines. New information is provided about the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and barrier device, bag-valve mask device, and oxygen. Participants must bring current CPR card which must be not more than 1 month past the recommended renewal date.
The allotted time for this class is 6 hours, and the fee is $55.00.
(Six hours is allotted to allow enough practice for participants. If participants complete skills demonstration and the written exam in less than the allotted time, the class will end earlier.)
CPR for F amily and Friends
This class is designed for all lay rescuers, such as school children, family members of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, and other laypersons who want to learn rescue skills for loved ones but are not required to have course certification for their job. The course provides information about the American Heart Association Adult, Child and Infant chain of survival, signs of heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke and choking, prevention of sudden infant death syndrome and prevention of the most common fatal injuries in infants and children.
This 4 hour course costs $42.00.
Heartsaver AED (Course includes Adult CPR)
This course is designed for the layperson and first responders. Presents basic techniques of Adult CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator. Participants will learn how to use barrier devices during rescue breathing, give first aid for choking, and recognize the signs of four major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest and choking. Participants who successfully complete the course knowledge and skills evaluations are eligible to receive a course completion card.
The fee for the class is $55.00.
Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR
This course is designed for the layperson and first responders. The class presents basic techniques of Child and Infant CPR and relief of foreign body airway obstruction. Participants who successfully complete the course knowledge and skills evaluations are eligible to receive a course completion card.
The fee for the class is $65.00.
Basic F irst Aid
Learn how to provide first aid for bleeding, shock, burns, and poisoning. Students who successfully complete the course knowledge and skill evaluations are eligible for a course completion card.
The fee for this National Safety Council first aid training is $30.00.
Click Here to learn more about the above classes, or you can call 240-379-6000
Child Passenger Safety
Project K.I.S.S. (Kids In Safety Seats)
Since the 1980’s, Maryland Kids in Safety Seats (KISS) has been the state’s lead agency in child passenger safety. KISS is housed  in the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and funded by the Department of Transportation. The goal of KISS is to help people use safety seats correctly each time a child rides in a car. KISS coordinates loaner sites throughout the state which offer seats at a low cost to families who otherwise can’t afford them. The FMH Wellness Center is such a designated site.
- Call The FMH Wellness Center at: 240-379-6003 to make an appointment with one of our certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructors
- Low cost, short or extended term rental of car seats is available
- Child safety devices are available for some special needs children
Frederick County SAFE KIDS Coalition
Car Seat Grant Program
The FMH Wellness Center is a SAFE KIDS Coalition outlet for child safety seats and booster seats to families with financial difficulties. To qualify for the program clients must be referred by some public and/or private agency such as: FCHD, FCDSS, FCPS, Head Start, Family Partnership, Healthy Families, Up County Family Center, Crisis Pregnancy Center. Families are qualified if they are receiving WIC, food stamps, or Medical Assistance.
To learn more about the program contact Nancy Boyd at: 240-379-6003, or e-mail: nboyd@fmh.org
Community Child Safety Seat Checkpoints
The Wellness Center’s Child Passenger Safety Technician offers child safety seat checks free of charge, at least once a month at different locations throughout Frederick County.
The car seat checks usually take about half and hour and the checks are performed on a first come first served basis. To get information about where the location of the checkpoints call the Frederick County Child Passenger Safety Hotline at: 301-644-4099 or the FMH Wellness Center: 240-379-6000.
Individual Child Safety Seat Checks
The Wellness Center’s Child Passenger Safety Technician offers individual child safety seat checks free of charge, 2 days – or 4 half-days - a month. The car seat checks usually take about half an hour and the checks are performed by appointment only.
To make an appointment, call: 240-379-6000.
Frederick County SAFE KIDS Coalition Injury Prevention Resources
The FMH Wellness Center staff is available to provide classes and presentations about injury prevention to community groups. There is a wide variety of informational pamphlets and brochures and other materials available through the Wellness Center.
To learn more about the program contact Nancy Boyd at: 240-379-6003, nboyd@fmh.org
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