Course Syllabus

PE 1543 First Aid and CPR

Course Description

This class teaches first aid and lifesaving techniques. It is taught using curriculum from the Emergency Care and Safety Institute. (Additional fee required)

Justification

This course is requird for a variety of educational and professional programs. It is often a pre-requisit for employment. First aid skills are important for indivuduals to be able to assist one another during an emergency creating a greater appreciation for one another. Students who successfully complete this class will receive an Advanced First Aid and Adult, Child and Infant CPR/AED certificate.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will learn to identify injury and illness.
2. Students will learn appropriate first aid as it applies to a wide variety of conditions, including simple wound care, cardiac arrest, stroke and others.
3. Students will learn how to perform effective CPR and how to use an AED.

Course Content

This course will cover first and lifesaving techniques. Topics taught in this course are:• Anatomy and function of body systems• Airway care• Patient assessment• CPR and AED use• Poisoning • Shock• Controlling bleeding• Soft tissue injury• Splinting for possible bone fractures • Injuries to muscle, bones and jointsThis course helps to address the need for individuals to be willing to assist people in need of CPR and first aid procedures. First aid involves caring for those around us in a professional manner but personalizing this care to the individual.