First Aid and CPR/SED Professional Rescuers/Healthcare Providers

Course Number:
HE 113
Transcript Title:
First Aid and CPR/SED Professional Rescuers/Healthcare Providers
Created:
Aug 11, 2022
Updated:
Apr 26, 2024
Total Credits:
1
Lecture Hours:
10
Lecture / Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0
Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:
No
Satisfies General Education requirement:
No
Grading Options
A-F, P/NP
Default Grading Options
A-F
Repeats available for credit:
0
Prerequisites

Recommended

IRW 115 or equivalent placement

Course Description

Introduces basic first aid knowledge for in the home, work and community environment. Trains in the emergency procedures and techniques of basic life support for adult, child, and infant victims of airway obstruction, respiratory arrest and/or cardiac arrest. Includes training in the use of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Covers additional life saving techniques for healthcare providers enrolled in the BLS component. Students who successfully complete this course will receive American Heart Association course completion cards for Heartsaver First Aid/ CPR/AED for the adult/child/infant or an American Heart Association first aid card and BLS for Healthcare Provider card. Recommended: IRW 115 or equivalent placement.

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion students should be able to:

  1. Recognize if an emergency medical situation exists.
  2. Apply AHA citizen level standards of First Aid in an emergency situation.
  3. Perform high quality CPR for the adult/child/infant for single person and two person assist.
  4. Demonstrate the appropriate use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
  5. Perform the technique for relief from a foreign-body airway obstruction for an adult/child/infant.

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

Students must pass the written exam at the level required by the American Heart Association and prove competency of ALL skills by completing/performing required steps on American Heart Association skills checklists for this training.

Course Activities and Design

The determination of teaching strategies used in the delivery of outcomes is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: lecture, small group/forum discussion, flipped classroom, dyads, oral presentation, role play, simulation scenarios, group projects, service learning projects, hands-on lab, peer review/workshops, cooperative learning (jigsaw, fishbowl), inquiry based instruction, differentiated instruction (learning centers), graphic organizers, etc.

Course Content

Outcome #1: Recognize if an emergency medical situation exists.

  • Response time
  • Head injury
  • Signs of cardiac arrest
  • Signs of choking
  • Recognize and provide care for various types of respiratory emergencies.
  • Provide appropriate care for shock and heat attack

Outcome #2: Apply AHA citizen level standards of First Aid in an emergency situation.

Injury:

  • Recognize and provide care for:
    • wounds and demonstrate care skills
    • heat and cold emergencies
    • sudden illness
    • bone and joint injuries
  • Activate the emergency response system

Outcome #3: Perform high quality CPR for the adult/child/infant for single person and two person assist.

Skills:

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • Compression-to-ventilation ratio
  • Chest -hand and placement
  • Infant
  • Single man CPR
  • 2-person CPR
  • Alternate Ventilation techniques

Outcome #4: Demonstrate the appropriate use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

  • AED equipment
  • Placement of pads on adult/child and infant
  • safety

 Outcome #5: Perform the technique for relief from a foreign-body airway obstruction for an adult/child/infant.

  • Abdominal Thrust (standing and sitting) adult and child
  • Pregnant and obese victims
  • Infant

Suggested Texts and Materials

  • American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Manuel
  • AHA demonstration video
     

Department Notes

Covers citizen level first aid knowledge and skills to provide first aid care to persons injured in an accident or stricken by sudden illness in an environment where help is immediately available. CPR/AED for adult/child/infant and Health Care Provider BLS/AED and skills sets are presented with required return demonstration of skills.