First Aid with CPR/AED- Adult, Child and Infant  

 

Course Fee:  $65.00

 

PurposeTo train and teach lay responders the knowledge and skills necessary to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations, helping to sustain life and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness, and to give care for life-threatening emergencies in adults, children and infants until help arrives.

Prerequisites:  NONE

 

Learning Objectives.

-Describe how to recognize and respond to an emergency

-Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.

-Identify the difference between consent and implied consent.

-Describe the three emergency action steps.

-Explain when and 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.

-Explain 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.

-Describe how to prioritize care for injuries and sudden illnesses.

-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 when and how to move a child fro a dangerous scene.

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

-Demonstrate how to recognize and care for an infant who is not breathing.

-Demonstrate how to give CPR to an infant.

 

Length:  Approx. 9 hrs

 

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 instructor.

 

Certification Requirements:

-Attend and participate in all course sessions.

-Demostrate 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—Adult, Child and Infant: 1 year Standard First Aid 3 years

 

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