Our Mission:
To build response ready community members
We provide students with the necessary skills needed to act as competent and confident first responders.
This might sound odd, but we wholeheartedly believe that you will enjoy our First Responder training so much that you’ll tell your friends and family about it.
CPR
This CPR and AED (Automated External Defibrillator) course covers CPR and choking for adults, children and infants. The course also teaches students how to use an AED and breathing barrier devices. This course runs approximately 3 hours and costs vary based on the number of enrolled students
FIRST AID
The First Aid course teaches students how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes of an incident until professional help arrives. Course content includes general principles, medical emergencies, and injury emergencies. The course runs approximately 2-3 hours. Same price structure as the CPR & AED class for Community Rescuers.
CPR & FIRST AID
The Basic CPR/AED and First Aid course combines the course content from our CPR/AED and First Aid courses to provide the student with an overall, well rounded knowledge base of first responder skills. The course runs approximately 4-6 hours.
Our Impact:
9,170
STUDENTS TRAINED TO DATE
as of July 24th, 2026
5+
Instructors
Our team of instructors all have a background in Emergency Medical Services. Whether active or retired, you will be certified by an EMT, Fire Fighter, Paramedic or Nurse. The majority of our instructors also teach Emergency Medical Education at the collegiate level.
10+
Years Serving communities
We’ve had the privilege of providing First Responder education under the PROTERA CPR name since 2016. Although founded in 2016, most of our instructors have been teaching for much longer.
9+
Thousand students certified
To date, the founder, Mike Jarrous, has certified over 9,ooo students as an individual. Collectively, the team is well over 15,000 students certified.
Our Partners
Health/Wellness
REINS
SAGE Yoga
KELP pilates
Club pilates
LA Snore Dr.
The busy bee
ADHP Dentistry
Packard Dental
Overland Dental
the Breathe institute
Fallbrook pop warner
excel martial arts academy
Palomar Family Counseling serv.
Fallbrook REgional Health District
Vista Valley Country Club
Fallbrook Village dental
Fallbrook Family dental
Breathe easy dentistry
Copper Canyon Smiles
Mimi’s home care
Lake view dental
brightstar care
Ursales DDS INC.
park dentistry
Higher Learning
OCOTS
412 Church
Gathered oak
Legacy alliance
All good things
BEE you bee happy
St. Mary’s Church
San luis rey mission
The University of Redlands
Rooted in christ enrichment
American Heritage Girls Vista
Cal State University Long Beach
Harmony Grove Homeschool
Bloom Homeschool Support
All Friends Nature School
Summer springboard UCSD
Bethel Baptist church
North Coast Church
the curious school
COOP Homeschool
Industry Leaders
QSC
NSCA
SDME
boma
Nutrien
securitas
A.P.P. Solar
5.11 Tactical
millipore sigma
Krannich Solar USA
Lincoln Property Company
Innovative Industrial Properties
San Diego Building Engineers
Specialty Mowing Services
roof construction
Allied Universal
Hawthorne/CAT
J&W Lumber
crinetics
Solatube
Kingspan
costco
IFMA
We love what we do. Teaching people how to become confident & capable first responders is what our programs are all about. We teach with a high level of energy that will keep you engaged throughout the entire class. We also make each and every class, FUN!
