CPR/AED--Adult  

 

Course Fee:  $45.00

 

Purpose: 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.

 

Prerequisites: NONE

 

Learning Objectives:

-Describe how to recognize and respond to an emergency.

-Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.

-Describe the difference between consent and implied consent

-Describe the three emergency action steps.

-Identify when and how to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.

-Explain when and how to move a person from a dangerous scene.

-Identify how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.

-Demonstrate how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.

-Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.

-Demonstrate how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.

-Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.

-Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency.

-Demonstrate how to care for a person who is choking.

-Demonstrate how to recognize and care for a person who is not breathing.

-Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.

-Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.

-Describe how to care for a heart attack.

-Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

-Identify prevention strategies to decrease the risk of breathing emergencies.

-Explain what defibrillation is and how it works.

-Explain the role of CPR in cardiac arrest.

-Identify the general steps for the use of an automatice external defibrillator (AED).

-Identify precautions when using an AED.

-Demonstrate how to use an AED.

 

Length: Approx. 4 hrs and 30 mins.

 

Instructor: A currently authorized American Red Cross Lay Responder First Aid and CPR/AED, Emergency Response, Lifeguarding or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer program who has met state qualifications, where required.

 

Certification Requirements:

-Attend and participate in all course sessions.

-Demonstrate competency in all required skills listed on the skills checklist.

-Participate in all skills sessions.

-Pass each section of the written exam with a score of 80 percent or better.

 

Certificate Issued and Validity Period:  CPR/AED--Adult:  1 year.

 

 

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