First Aid CPR/AED for Adult, Child and Pediatric

Description

Learning Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: State the course purpose and understand the course completion requirements. Understand the important role a lay responder plays in an emergency. Understand the risk for infection when giving first aid care. Explain how to use personal protective equipment (PPE) to lower the risk for infection. Demonstrate proper technique for removing latex-free disposable gloves. Recognize life-threatening conditions that necessitate calling 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number. Have the confidence and knowledge needed to take action in an emergency. Describe the emergency action steps CHECK—CALL—CARE. Understand CHECK—CALL—CARE as a fluid process. Understand the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest. Describe how to care for heart attack. Understand the difference between normal breathing and breathing that is not normal in an unresponsive person. Demonstrate how to perform high-quality CPR. Understand the importance of CPR with breaths—and if unable or unwilling to give breaths, the role of hands-only CPR. Understand the value of using an AED along with CPR. Identify precautions to take when using an AED. Demonstrate how to use an AED (CPR/AED course). Recognize when a responsive adult is choking. Demonstrate how to care for an adult who is responsive and choking. Describe how to care for an adult who becomes unresponsive while choking.