Approximately a 3-hour comprehensive course designed to teach members of the general public correct CPR techniques for use on adults, children and infants.  The course also includes the use of an AED (automated external defibrillator) as an important part of the CPR sequence for adults, children and infants.  Students learn how to relieve choking in a responsive or unresponsive adult, child and infant, and how to use a barrier device to prevent contamination during rescue breathing.  This course satisfies the CPR requirement for childcare providers in the State of Maryland.  Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certification card valid for two years.