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Workplace Training Program

The American Red Cross is also committed to stressing the importance to businesses of having employees that are certified in lifesaving first aid, CPR, and automated external defibrillator (AED). Through our Workplace Training Program, health and safety instructors will come to your place of business with all necessary materials, to conduct training classes at your convenience.

Disaster Services Education

Red Cross Disaster Service Training classes are free for Red Cross Disaster Volunteers

Each year, nationwide the American Red Cross responds immediately to more than 67,000 disasters. Disasters include hurricanes, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents, explosives and other man-made disasters.

International Services

American Red Cross tracing or location services are provided to people in the community who have been separated from their relatives (citizens of other countries) as a result of war, civil disturbance, natural disaster, or changing world conditions over which an individual has no control.

Nurse Assistant Training Program Overview

This Nurse Assistant Training program, offered by the American Red Cross, meets and exceeds Federal and State training requirements. The four-week course is 120 hours and includes 40 hours of clinical experience. The class size is 10 students and through lecture, videos, role-playing, and laboratory practice, students learn procedural skills such as bathing, dressing, positioning, and vital signs. Equally important, they also learn excellent communications skills and the Art of Caregiving to provide compassionate care for people in the health care system. The classroom is equipped with hospital beds and medical equipment to perform skills.

On graduation, students are eligible to take the Virginia State Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) exam.