Course #1
Standard First Aid with CPR/AED
(Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation/Automated
External Defibrillator)
Cost: $125
Monday, March 22, 2010, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

This course, taught by the American Red Cross, is a handson, certified class in which the attendee will gain knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency situation to help sustain life and to minimize pain and the consequences of injury or sudden illness.

Course Outline

• Describe the three emergency action steps.
• Explain when and how to move a person from a dangerous scene.
• Demonstrate how to check a conscious or unconscious person for life threatening and non life-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 heat- and coldrelated 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.
• Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency.
• Demonstrate how to care for a person who is choking.
• Demonstrate how to recognize and care for a person who is not breathing.
• Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.
• Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
• Describe how to care for a heart attack.
• Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Explain what defibrillation is and how it works.
• Identify the general steps for the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
• Identify precautions when using an AED.
• Demonstrate how to use an AED.

Upon completion of the course and its requirements, a certificate will be issued to the attendee for a validity period of 1 year for CPR/AED and 3 years for standard first aid.