Description
LEARNING OBJECTIVES First Aid CPR AED Certification
- Describe how to recognize an emergency and size up the scene.
- Explain how to activate and work with the emergency medical services (EMS) system.
- Understand legal concepts as they apply to lay responders, including consent and the purpose of Good Samaritan laws.
- Identify to reduce the risk of disease transmission when providing first aid.
- Demonstrate how to check a person who is responsive for life-threatening and non-life-threatening conditions.
- Explain how to check an injured or ill person who appears to be unresponsive.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of a heart attack and describe appropriate first aid care for these signs and symptoms.
- Describe the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
- Demonstrate CPR and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for a person who is in cardiac arrest.
- Demonstrate first aid care for a person who is choking.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of shock and describe appropriate first aid care for these signs and symptoms.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of, and describe appropriate first aid care for breathing emergencies, diabetic emergencies, seizures, fainting, and stroke.
- Describe methods used to control external bleeding, including the application of direct pressure and the application of a commercial tourniquet.
- Demonstrate the application of direct pressure to control external bleeding.
- Use of a commercial tourniquet and describe the basic principles of using a tourniquet.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of, and appropriate first aid care for burns; muscle, bone, and joint injuries; and head, neck, and spinal injuries, including concussion.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of, and appropriate first aid care for heat-related illnesses, cold-related illnesses, and poisoning.