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Red Cross: What is a Lay Responder?

Ok, so I wanted to get a job in a hospital and it said that I needed BLS certification (Basic Life Support) and I read in another posting that I could obtain it at any Red Cross class. So I signed up for a class titled "Standard First Aid with CPR/AED--Adult and Child plus CPR--Infant ."

Any way, under the description is says to "Train lay responders to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants. Provide the lay responder with the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life and to minimize pain and the consequences of injury or sudden illness until professional medical help arrives."

So i wanted to know what is a lay responder? Did I sign up for the wrong class? I'm just a regular person that wanted to get CPR/BLS certification.

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