First Aid
Contact Hours: 1.5
Cost: $15.00
For a complete list of accreditations for this course, please see the accreditation information box below the author’s bio. All states (with the exception of Hawaii) recognize our courses for accredited continuing nursing education, CNE, contact hours.
Welcome to our First Aid Course based upon the American Heart Standards and Guidelines. In this course, you will learn the basics of first aid, the most common life-threatening emergencies, how to recognize them, and how to provide basic first aid care to the injured and ill.
Our goal for you in this training course is to learn to respond; not react to a medical emergency. There are many people who are just simply afraid to respond to an emergency for fear they make things worse or that they may be sued. Recognizing that something is wrong and then calling 9-1-1; will not hurt anyone else and may in fact save a life. We will also discuss the “Good Samaritan” laws that will protect you from being sued for rendering first aid to the public.
During this course, you will be asked to perform quizzes, watch videos, and a final exam that must be passed with a score of 80% or greater. Once you complete all the requirements you will need to submit an evaluation of the course and then may instantly print a certificate of completion.
Objectives
The participant will learn the following objectives during this course:
1.
List the medical emergency priorities, roles, and responsibilities of the first aid rescuer
2.
Describe key terms in first aid
3.
Identify steps in donning Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
4.
Identify the problem
5.
Describe the problem and the actions taken to correct it
6.
Describe when and how to help a choking adult, child, and infant
7.
Demonstrate how to use an epinephrine injection pen
8.
Describe and demonstrate how to control different types of bleeding
9.
Describe and demonstrate how to assess, recognize, and treat different types of wounds
10.
Recognize basic elements of common injuries and emergencies
11.
Recognize and respond to common illnesses
12.
Describe to how to prevent illness or injuries
13.
Recognize legal issues and questions for first aid rescuers
Curriculum
Chapter 1 Introduction
What you will learn
• Successful completion of this course
• Course objectives
What is first aid?
First aid terms
Responsive versus unresponsive person
• Responsive
• Unresponsive
Agonal gasps
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Compression
• Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
• Adult
• Child
• Infant
• Phone for Help
Chapter 2 Basic First Aid
Roles and responsibilities
Your role
Giving first aid
• First aid kit
• Automatic external defibrillator (aed)
• Good samaritan laws
How to respond to an emergency?
• Is the scene safe?
• When to call
• Who should help
Universal precautions
• Gloves
• Gown
• Mask
• Goggles
• Donning and removing gloves
Handwashing
Steps to handwashing
• Soap and water
• Hand sanitizer
Recognizing an emergency
• Moving the ill or injured
• Foot drag
• Shoulder drag
• Blanket drag
Section Review
Chapter 3 Emergencies
Type of emergencies
Stroke
• Signs of a stroke
• Learn more about strokes
• What do I do?
Seizure
• What do I do?
• What type of first aid?
• Bleeding from the mouth
Heart attack
• Signs and symptoms
• Chest discomfort
• Symptoms vary between men and women
• What do I do?
Choking
• Signs and symptoms
• What do I do?
Allergic reactions
• Signs and symptoms
• What do I do?
Breathing difficulties
• What is a rescue inhaler?
• How to assemble and use and inhaler
Diabetes
• Signs and symptoms
• Low blood sugar
• What do I do?
Section Review
Chapter 4 Injuries
Head, neck, and back injuries
• Signs and symptoms
• What do I do?
• Neck and back
Burns and electrical injuries
• Burns
• Electrical injuries
Nose bleed
Internal and external bleeding
• What do I do?
• Signs of shock
Sprains, strains, and broken bones
Section Review
Chapter 5 Environmental Emergencies
Animal bites, snake bites, and bee stings
Heat related problems
• Heat cramp
• Heat exhaustion
• Heat stroke
Cold related problems
• Frost bite
• What do I do?
Poisons
• Emergency action for poisoning
• First steps after an accidental exposure
• Information the poison center specialist will need
Eye injury
Section Review
Chapter 6 References