Description

This course combines CPR, first aid and blood borne pathogens training taught in a single day. It eliminates written testing for laypersons learning first aid. This course teaches laypersons learning first aid an EMS approach to patient care. Advocates “continuity of care” as an ill or injured person is passed from first aid provider to health care provider. Training in adult, child/infant CPR and AED (Automated External Defibrillator) is included in this course. Our class can be taught at our training facility, your company or at a neutral site. PEC/Premier will use a combination of highly structured, tested, and effective print and video instructional materials. Our primary goal is to meet our clients’ needs using the most effective, modern methods. Promoting a stress free emergency care learning programs designed to produce comfortable, confident first aid providers.

Course Objectives

• Emergency First Aid Care
• Recognizing an Emergency
• Deciding to Help
• Personal Safety
• Using Barriers
• Assessing for Response
• Mechanism for Spinal Injury
• Activating Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Basic Life-Supporting Skills
• Airway – Head-Tilt, Chin-Lift
• Clearing the Airway – Log Roll
• Protecting the Airway – Recovery Position
• Breathing – Ventilations Mask/Shield
• Circulation – Chest Compressions
• Initial Assessment
• Unresponsive Patient
• CPR for Cardiac Arrest
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Using an AED
• Bare, Prepare, and Place Pads
• Basic AED Operation
• Troubleshooting Messages
• Other AED Considerations
• Control of Bleeding
• Managing Shock
• Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
• Ongoing Assessment
• Warning Signs of Serious Illness
• Altered Level of Responsiveness
• Pain, Severe Pressure, or Discomfort in Chest
• Breathing Difficulty, Shortness of Breath
• Severe Abdominal Pain
• Mechanism for Significant Injury
• Swollen, Painful, Deformed Limb
• Caring for Specific First Aid Problems
• Moving Patients
• Emotional Impact of Providing First Aid Care
• Preventing Disease Transmission
• First Aid and the Law

Target Audience

This course is essential to any personnel that may be required to be a workplace responder.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.