Basic CPR/First Aid/AED Overview

CPR Basics

Including an overview of scene and victim assessment, how and when to determine if care is needed, when to call EMS and good Samaritan laws.

Adult CPR

CPR is most often administered to adult victims of cardiac arrest, heart attack, or stroke.

This training module will walk you through the CPR cycle, including the C-A-B (compressions, airway and breath) model for proper delivery of CPR to adults.

Child CPR

Administering CPR correctly to children is important to avoid injury and to ensure that life saving techniques are delivered properly until EMS arrives.

This training module will walk you through the CPR cycle, including the C-A-B (compressions, airway and breath) model for proper delivery of CPR to children.

Infant CPR

Infants are the most vulnerable and can easily be injured if CPR is not delivered correctly.

This training module will walk you through the CPR cycle, including the C-A-B (compressions, airway and breath) model for proper delivery of CPR to infants.

Airway Obstruction Identification and Remedy

Includes identification and treatment for choking victims. Including the Heimlich Maneuver for Adults, Children and infants as well as pregnant and large victims, the recovery position and when to call for help.

First Aid Basics

An overview of scene and victim assessment, how and when to determine if First Aid care is needed, when to call EMS and Good Samaritan laws..

Medical Emergencies

These are subtle and sometimes hard to identify emergencies. Topics covered include breathing problems such as asthma, choking, tongue and airway obstruction, allergic reactions, heart attacks and cardia arrest and how to tell the difference, fainting, diabetes and low blood sugar, stroke, seizures and shock..

Injury Emergencies

These are obvious physical injuries usually causing obvious signs and symptoms. Topics covered in this category are external and internal bleeding caused by trauma, amputation, stab or punctures, gunshots or any other sharp or blunt force trauma, eye injuries, chest wounds, head neck and spine injuries, broken bones and sprains, burns and electrical injuries. Covers dressings, bandages, splints and tourniquets.

Environmental Emergencies

Identify and respond to insect and animal bites and stings. Includes stinger removal, snake bite treatment, recognizing anaphylaxis and when and how to administer an epi-pen.

Weather Emergencies

Topics include heat related emergencies (HYPERTHERMIC) like heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, cold related emergencies (HYPOTHERMIC) like frostbite and hypothermia. How to identify and treat these conditions as well as when to call EMS.

Poison Emergencies

Covers topics such as both known and unknown ingested poisons, alcohol intoxication, drug overdose, carbon monoxide poisoning, plant poisoning. Includes how to identify and treat all covered topics as well as when to call both Poison Control and EMS.

Rescuing and Moving Victims

How to safely and quickly assess both a scene and/or victims to determine if it is safe to rescue and or move them to a safe area and how to do so. Includes scenes such as water, ice, electrical emergencies, hazardous materials, crashes, fires and confined spaces. Also covers how and when to move a victim safely using the clothing drag, blanket drag and extremity drag.

AED Basics

Covers general AED topics such as information about the human heart, cardiovascular disease, the chain of survival, how to identify and differentiate a heart attack and cardiac arrest event and treat accordingly.

AED Guidelines

Covers the definition, identification, purpose and general information about AED devices…what they do and how they do it.

AED Use

Includes areas such as when to retrieve and use the device, pad placement, differences in adult, child and infant methods, how and when to deliver a shock and administer simultaneous CPR.