First Aid Awareness

Incidents requiring first aid can happen anywhere and at any time. The first response to such an incident is the most important. First aid given at the scene can improve the chances of survival and recovery of a victim. This course presents ways to respond to basic first aid situations until the emergency medical services (EMS) personnel arrive. Ideal learners are all employees.

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Learning Objectives

Explain when you might be held accountable for a victim’s outcome.
Assess scenes and victims before providing first aid.
Provide valuable information to emergency medical services.

Recall guidelines about when and how to move victims.
Know the steps of basic first aid including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and bleeding control.

Course Outline

1. Introduction
1. Welcome
2. Introduction
3. Learning Objectives
2. Definitions
1. What Is First Aid?
2. Accountability
3. Knowledge Check: Accountability
3. Scene and Victim Assessment
1. Scene Assessment
2. Victim Assessment
3. Unresponsive Victim
4. Knowledge Check: What Would You Do?
5. Knowledge Check: What Would You Do? (continued)
4. Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
1. Activating the EMS
2. Information for the EMS
3. Learning Activity: Talking to EMS

5. First Aid Basics
1. Basics of First Aid
2. Moving a Victim
3. Knowledge Check: Should You Move the Victim?
6. Breathing Emergencies
1. Responding to Emergencies
2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
3. CPR Steps: The C-A-B Sequence
4. Knowledge Check: What Should You Do?
7. Bleeding
1. Bloodborne Pathogens
2. Protection from Bloodborne Pathogens
3. Learning Activity: Controlling Bleeding
8. Summary
1. Summary