Provides the participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and act in an emergency situation to sustain life until more advanced medical help arrives. This course includes certification in CPR/AED and Advanced First Aid. NOTE: Certificates are only issued to students who meet the required criteria.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Introduction
Identify disease transmission and describe body substance isolation techniques to prevent disease transmission.
- Human Body Systems
Explain the effect on the body if one or more body systems fail to function.
- Medical and Behavioral Emergencies
Describe signs, symptoms, and potential care for behavioral emergencies.
Identify the signs and symptoms of medical and behavioral emergencies, including altered mental status, seizures, poisoning, diabetic emergencies, heat and cold emergencies, burns, bites, stings and stroke.
Describe both general and specific care for medical and behavioral emergencies. - Breathing Emergencies
Recognize breathing emergencies, such as airway obstruction.
Demonstrate proper care for breathing emergencies.
Identify the use of common breathing devises. - Cardiac Emergencies
Recognize the signs and symptoms of a possible cardiac emergency.
Describe proper care for persistent chest pain and/or other signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest.
Describe how to control major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. - CPR/AED
Demonstrate proper cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for the adult, child and infant. Demonstrate the use of an AED in each emergency situation. Demonstrate relief of foreign body obstruction in the adult, child and infant.
- Muscle and Bone Injuries
Recognize the signs and symptoms of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries.
Demonstrate skills in splinting and bandaging. - Bleeding and Shock
Recognize life-threatening bleeding.
Demonstrate how to control bleeding.
Recognize the signs and symptoms of shock (hypoperfusion).
Describe how to minimize the effects of shock. - Pregnancy and Childbirth
Describe the stages of pregnancy and childbirth.
- Substance Misuse and Abuse
Describe signs and symptoms of substance misuse and abuse.
Assessment and Requirements
Students will be assessed using quizzes, exams , assignments, in class activities, skill demonstration testing.
Students must complete the assessments for certification as determined by the National Safety Council for certification in CPR/AED and Advanced First Aid.
Textbook(s) determined through the School of Health and Human Services approval.