First Aid: Medical Emergencies and CPR

Medical emergencies can occur at any time but may be hidden because of injuries suffered in an accident, or an accident may trigger a medical emergency such as a heart attack, stroke, or seizure. For this reason, it is important that you know the basic emergency techniques for recognizing and treating failures of the respiratory system and heart. This training will focus on the signs and symptoms of specific medical emergencies and their treatment. Being trained in first aid could mean the difference between life and death.

 

This training should NOT be used as the primary basis for any first aid certification. It is intended to provide the learner with knowledge-based training only and should be accompanied with a performance-based component provided by a qualified instructor. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements.

 

Course Highlights

	Identify how to respond appropriately to a medical emergency
	Identify the steps to take in providing first aid treatment for choking
	Identify the correct body and hand positions to use when performing abdominal thrusts
	Identify the steps to take in providing first aid treatment for poisoning
	Identify the likely route of entry for a chemical in a given workplace situation
	Identify the signs, symptoms, and first aid treatment of heart attacks, respiratory distress, stroke, seizures, and diabetic coma and insulin shock
	Identify actions to take if the victim is unconscious
	Identify proper CPR technique
	Identify characteristics of the head-tilt/chin-lift technique
	Identify factors to consider in assessing the presence or absence of breathing
	Identify characteristics of rescue breathing

 

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