Mobile CPR & First Aid Instruction Since 1985
Understandable Instruction at affordable rates at your convenience
Approved for child care & adult care licensing. In person at your site or virtual! If you have taken a virtual class and your employment requires an in person skill check, just call to schedule! No need to take another class!
All certifications will have the latest wording requested by child care licensing
Since 1985 · ECSI certified · Michigan LARA approved
CPR & First Aid Classes For Every Need
Empowerment begins with knowledge
FRIENDLY CPR & NO MYTHS FIRST AID - WITH CERTIFICATION
ECSI-certified CPR & First Aid. Approved for Michigan LARA: child care, adult care, dental, schools. MI child child care registry approved vendor. Certification cards issued. Employer billing available.
COMMUNITY CPR & FIRST AID - WITHOUT CERTIFICATION
Same great class, starting at $25 virtually. Perfect for families, neighbors, and community groups. Upgrade to certification anytime within a year, just pay the difference.
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS TRAINING
Standalone class or add-on. Required for many licensed facilities. Available in person or virtually.
NARCAN & AED TRAINING ADD-ONS
Step up and save lives with our specialized training.
Narcan (opioid overdose) and AED (defibrillator) training can be added to any class at no extra charge. Just ask.
Why Dummies On The Run
"Friendly" CPR
No intimidating instructors. Just real, empowering knowledge.
LARA Approved
Certification meets Michigan licensing requirements for child & adult care facilities.
40+ Years Teaching
Founded in 1985 by a critical care nurse/ paramedic. Experience you can feel in every class.
Affordable Rates
Practical knowledge that's accessible to the community, not just the workplace.
The First 10 Minutes Of Care Can Change Everything
When a heart stops or someone stops breathing, the people nearby are the first first responders. Dummies on the Run was built on one belief: that anyone can learn to act confidently in those critical minutes between incident and medical care, without sitting through a complicated, expensive, all-day class.
Jerry Buffman founded Dummies on the Run in 1985 after years working as a paramedic and critical care nurse in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Seattle, and Anchorage. She kept seeing the same thing: people who wanted to help in an emergency but froze because no one had ever taught them in a way that felt approachable.
So she started doing something no one else was doing at the time: going to people's homes and teaching small groups in a relaxed, hands-on setting. Forty years later, that same philosophy drives every class.
