Becoming an Authorized Provider

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Becoming an Authorized Provider
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Agenda

• Red Cross Staff Support
• Online Support for Instructors
• Marketing Your Program
• Supplemental Training and Information
• Training and Lifesaving Products
• Volunteering and Instructor Bridging and Crossover

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Staff Support

• To set up an AP Agreement
• Find out how to get your staff Instructor
  Certified
• Answer any questions
• Contact Sarah Kerbel HSS Community/AP
  Coordinator at [phone] or
  kerbels_at_arclakeland.org

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Online Support
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Online Ordering

• Purchase materials online at www.ShopStaywell.com
  
• Purchase training materials 24 hours a day, 7
  days a week, and have them shipped directly to
  your location(s)

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Instructors Corner

• Register for Instructors Corner today at
  www.redcross.org/instructorscorner
• Access instructor tools, teaching aids, course
  record forms, marketing materials and more
• Receive bi-monthly e-mail updates on new program
  releases, new products and other useful
  information for instructors

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Instructors Corner Homepage
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Instructors Corner E-mail Updates
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Marketing Your Programs
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Leverage the Red Cross Brand
As an authorized provider, you can deliver
lifesaving health and safety training under the
most recognized and trusted symbol in the world.
The Red Cross has been leading the way in health
and safety training for 100 years...its a name
your employees know and trust.
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Using the Red Cross Logo

• Authorized providers may only use the name and
  emblem in brochures and flyers and promotional
  material as provided on the electronic files
  provided by the Red Cross (free marketing
  materials can be downloaded from Instructors
  Corner).
• If printing in color, the red cross must appear
  on a white background.

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Red Cross Visibility Items

• Signage can be displayed at your training
  facility to identify you as an American Red Cross
  authorized provider so that your customers and
  employees will know that they are receiving the
  best training available.
• I Learned How to Save a Life Today stickers
• Proud Provider plaque
• Window decals

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Red Cross Collateral

• Collateral materials are available from your
  chapter to assist you in explaining the benefits
  of Red Cross training to your employees, members
  or customers
• Catalogs
• Brochures
• Recertification postcards
• Presentation folders
• E-sheets

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Supplemental Training and Information
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Bloodborne Pathogens Training

• Two-hour course complies with the training
  component of OSHAs Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
  and gives employees vital information to manage a
  potential exposure to an infectious disease,
  including
• How bloodborne pathogens are spread
• How to prevent exposures
• What to do if exposed to infectious materials

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Injury Control Guides

• Focus on common causes of workplace injuries and
  key health risks
• Awareness building guides highlight risks and
  promote prevention
• Slips, Trips and Falls
• Ergonomics
• Back Injury Prevention
• Workplace Violence Awareness
• Managing Stress
• Your Heart Matters

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Prevention Series

• Each 12-panel brochure features reader-friendly
  bulleted text and colorful illustrations that
  support key safety and wellness concepts
• Sleep Deprivation
• Shelter-in-Place at Work
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Lockout/Tagout
• Working Safely with Hazardous Chemicals
• Staying Safe in Your Car

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Disaster Preparedness

• Disaster Preparedness Tear Sheets are available
  on 16 different topics
• Each pad contains 50 single-topic tear sheets
  (English/Spanish) that help your community stay
  safe before, during and after a disaster or
  emergency situation

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Business Continuity Planning CD-ROM

• Guide to Business Continuity Planning CD-ROM
• Defining goals, identifying processes and
  procedures, developing a plan
• Project management
• Facility documentation
• Business impact analysis
• Business continuity alternatives
• Emergency response
• Plan exercise and evaluation
• Plan implementation and maintenance

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Training and Lifesaving Products
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Emergency Response Center

• Includes first aid cabinet for minor injuries
• Select grab-and-go response packs to help manage
  some of the most commonly occurring emergency
  situations in workplaces, including
• CPR
• First aid
• Burns
• Bio-hazard spills

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Training and Lifesaving Products

• Many different products are available
• First Aid and CPR Training Kits
• First Aid Kits
• Posters and Wallet Cards
• Training Manikins
• AED Trainers
• Pocket Masks
• Reference Guides

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Automated External Defibrillators

• The Red Cross can be a resource to help you
  develop a workplace AED program
• Training employees
• Providing information to help you make a decision
  to implement a program
• Facilitating an AED purchase

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Volunteering and Instructor Bridging and Crossover
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Volunteer

• Become a Volunteer Instructor
• Get Valuable Teaching Experience
• Help Others Save Lives
• Contact Jody Weyers, Volunteer Communication
  Director at [phone].

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Bridging and Crossover

• CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Babysitters Training
• Pet First Aid
• Leader-led presentations
• Pandemic Influenza
• Community Disaster Education