I have not enclosed the policy in its entirety. Basically, it clarifies that current AHA textbooks should be available for all participants prior to, and during any AHA course, and that the AHA textbook should be the primary text in the course. In addition, the textbook should be available to the student after the course. If you have institutions who choose not to issue cards, please make sure they make it clear to all participants that cards are available on request. All students must have the option of obtaining a card, even if their current position does not require it.
Most people offer both infant and child as part of the PBLS course.
However, it is acceptable to offer only one or the other and still provide a card for the course. The manual suggest it is best to do both, but if you are, for example, working with parents needing infant CPR for a newborn, an instructor may offer the infant only. We hope instructors will encourage parents, especially, to learn child CPR too, since infants turn into children quickly. If only part of the curriculum is offered, it is vital for the CTC to receive an outline of this course with the roster. If there ever are questions about content, the CTC will have the information.