HSSFA101  First Aid Basics (Standard First Aid online)

Fee:  $35.00 Includes Textbook and Skills Card

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This course teaches First Aid emergency techniques and combines lectures, video demonstrations, discussions and hands-on practice to teach participants how to:

• Recognize emergency situations

• Check the scene and call for help

• Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.

• Describe the difference between consent and implied consent.

• Describe the three emergency action steps.

• Identify when and how to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.

• Explain when and how to move a person from a dangerous scene.

• Identify how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.

• Demonstrate how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.

• Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.

• Demonstrate how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.

• Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.

• Describe how to prioritize care for injuries and sudden illnesses.

• Identify the signals of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries.

• Identify the signs and symptoms of sudden illness, including stroke, diabetic emergency, poisoning and allergic reactions, and describe how to care for them.

• Identify the signs and symptoms of heat- and cold-related emergencies and describe how to care for them.

• Demonstrate how to control bleeding.

• Identify the signals of head, neck and back injuries and explain how to care for them.

• Demonstrate how to care for a muscle, bone or joint injury.