EXS 156 - CPR/AED/First Aid for Professional Rescuer

This course was formerly offered as WE 156.

1. Understand the importance of proper care, getting emergency teams to scene, and being aware of incident stress of responder and victim.
2. Understand how diseases and illnesses lead to poor health, emergencies, blood borne pathogens, and how they are transmitted. 
3. Recognize the signs and symptoms associated with common diseases, illnesses, and emergenices and be able to respond appropriately following American Red Cross guidelines. 
4. Use equipment and PPE accurately and safely.
5. Be able to physically demonstrate skills with proper form and technique.
6. Recognize, care, and demonstrate how to perform primary assessment, physical skills of consious/unconsicous victims and reponsive/unresponsive victims in the areas of respiratory distress and arrest, cardiac distress and arrest, choking of conscious and unconcious victims, and various first aid skills.
7. Demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills in the Before Care area,  CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer area, RTE First aid area, and additional First Aid skills as well as pass the required American Red Cross written exams with an 80% or higher in these areas of learning.
8. Demonstrate compentency and full accuracy in blood borne pathogen training, asthma training, epi pen auto injector training, emergency oxygen, and concussion training.
9. Use appropriate posture, gestures, eye contact, and vocal expressiveness to effectively communicate information. 
10. Clearly and completely state and describe a problem/issue.
11. Develop a plan to implement a solution to a problem or issue. 
12. Give and receive constructive feedback. 
13. Complete work accurately with attention to detail. 

    A.  If Not You…Who?

    B.  Responding to an Emergency

    C.  Before Giving Care

    D.  Types of Emergencies

    E.  Your Role in an Emergency

    F.  Recognizing an Emergency (Noises, Sights, Odors)

    G.  Barriers

    H.  EMS System

    I.  When You Call 911

    J.  Until Help Arrives

    K.  Preparing for Emergencies

II.  Responding to Emergencies

    A.  Scenarios

    B.  Emergency Action Steps

    C.  Checking the Scene,Victim

    D.  When to call 911, Making the Call

    E.  If You are Alone Steps

    F.  Primary Assessment

III.  Before Giving Care

    A.  Preventing Disease Transmission

    B.  Disease Causing Agents

    C.  Bloodborne Pathogens

    D.  Standard Precautions When Giving Care

    E.  Personal Hygiene

    F.  Protective Equipment

    G.  Legal Considerations

       1.  Obtaining Consent

       2.  Good Samaritan Laws

     H.  Rescue Moves

       1.  Pack Strap Carry

       2.  Walking Assist

       3.  2 Person Seat Carry

       4.  Clothes Drag

       5.  Ankle Drag

       6.  Blanket Drag

       7.  Roll Over from Stomach to Back

       8.  In Line Stabilization

       9. Recovey Position-Side Lying Position

    I.  Using Protective Equipment PPE(Gloves, Masks, Shields,etc)  

IV.  Body Systems

    A.  Body Cavities

    B.  What are the 8 body systems?

        1.  Definition of Each System, Structure, and Function

    C.  What Requires Emergency Care

V.  Checking the Victim

    A.  What are Life Threatening Emergencies?

       1.  Unconsciousness, Trouble Breathing, No Signs of Life, Severe Bleeding, Heart Attack, Shock

    B.  Checking for Consciousness

       1.  Primary Assessment

       2.  Call First, Care First

       3.  Checking for a Pulse

       4. What is a responsive victim

    C.  Checking for Unconsciousness Person

       1.  Airway, Breathing, Circulation

       2.  Severe Bleeding

       3.  Primary Assessment

       4. What is a unresponsive victim

   D.  Checking a Conscious Person

       1.  Primary Assessment

       2.  Checking an Adult, Child, Infant

            a.  Head to Toe

            b.  Toes to Head

       3.  Interviewing the Victim and Bystanders

       4.  Whether to Transport a Victim

       5.  Special Considerations

VI.  Duty to Respond

    A.  Legal Considerations

       1.  Duty to Act

       2.  Scope of Practice

       3.  Standard of Care

       4.  Negligence

       5.  Consent

       6.  Refusal of Care

       7.  Advance Directives

       8.  Battery

       9.  Abandonment

      10.  Confidentiality

      11.  Documentation

VII.  What are Bloodborne Pathogens

    A.  Primary Concerns

    B.  Prevention

VIII.  Scene Size Up

   A.  Primary Assessment

   B.  Opening Airway

   C.  Giving Ventilations and Special Situations

         1.  Suspected Head, Neck, or Spinal Injury

         2.  Drowning Victim

         3.  Vomiting

         4.  Bag Valve Mask

         5. Emergency Oxygen

     D.  Recovery Positions

     E.  Summoning more Advanced Medical Personnel

     F.  Moving a Victim

     G.  Using Gloves and Masks

IX.  Breathing Emergencies

     A.  Respiratory Distress

     B.  Respiratory Arrest

     C.  Hypoxia

     D.  Giving Ventilations

     E.  Asthma Training

     F.  Analyphalaxis and Epi Pen Training

         1.  Adult, Child, Infant Care and Procedures

X.  Airway Obstruction

    A.  Conscious Victim Care: Adult, Child, Infant

    B.  Unconscious Victim Care: Adult, Child, Infant

XI. Cardiac Emergencies

   A.  Heart Attacks

   B.  Causes of Heart Attacks

   C.  Cardiac Arrest and Cardiac Distress

   D.  Recognizing a Heart Attack

   E.  Caring for a Heart Attack

   F.  Administering Aspirin

   G.  Cardiac Chain of Survival

   H.  Cardiac Arrest Care: Adult, Child, Infant CPR

   I.  Signs of Cardiac Distress and Cardiac Arrest

   J.  1 Person CPR

   K.  2 Person CPR

   L.  AED Use, Precautions, and Maintenance

XII.  Bleeding

   A.  Types of Blood Vessels

   B.  When Bleeding Occurs

   C.  External Bleeding Care

   D.  Internal Bleeding Care

   E.  Signs and Symptoms

   F.  Tourniquet

XIII.  Shock

   A.  What is Shock?

   B.  The Body’s Responses

   C.  Signals of Shock

   D.  Common Types of Shock

   E.  How to Care for Shock: Adult, Child, Infant

   F.  Incident Stress

   G. Psychological First Aid

XIV:  Soft Tissue Injuries

   A.  What are soft tissues?

   B.  Types of Soft  Tissue Injuries

       1.  Wounds

       2.  Closed Wounds

       3.  Care for Closed Wounds

       4.  Open Wounds

           a.  Abrasions

           b.  Lacerations

           c.  Avulsions

           d.  Punctures

       5.  Care for Open Wounds:  Major and Minor

       6. Burns

            a.  How to Care for

            b.  Chemical, Electrical, Radiation Burns

            c.  Signs and Symptoms

XV.  Musculoskeletal Injuries

    A.  Fracture, Dislocation, Sprain, Strain

    B.  Sign and Symptoms

    C.  RICE

    D.  Immobilization

    E.  Injuries to Extremities

    F.  Splint Skills (Anatomical, Rigid, Soft, Sling, and Binder)

    G.  Injuries to Head, Neck, and Back

    H.  Injuries to Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvis

    I.  Concussion Training

XVI.  Medical Emergencies:  Types, Symptoms, and Care

   A.  Sudden Illness

   B.  Poisoning

   C.  Bites and Stings

   D.  Substance Abuse and Misuse and Narcane usage

   E.  Heat and Cold Related Emergencies

   F.  Analphylaxis Care:  Epi Pen Training

   G.  Asthma Training

   H. Emergency Oxygen

XVII.  Special Situations

   A.  Reaching and Moving Victims in Water

   B.  People with Special Needs

XVIII:  Healthy Lifestyle to Prevent Diseases

XIX.   Tests and Skills American Red Cross Guidelines

   A.  Demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills in Before Care and pass the American Red Cross written exam with an 80% or higher and pass all Before Care skills.

 B. Demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills in CPR/AED for Professional Rescue and pass the American Red Cross written exam with an 80% or higher and pass all CPR/AED skills.

C.  Demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills in First Aid Responding to Emergencies and pass the American Red Cross written exam with an 80% or higher and pass all First Aid skills.   

D. Demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills in blood borne pathogen training, asthma training, epi pen auto injector training, emergency oxygen, and concussion training and pass all skills.     

E.  Attendance and full participation in each class sessions

F. Physically be able demonstrate all skills.

Individual skill work-developing of skills: 20-30%
 
Mandatory Course Components:
This course follows American Red Cross Protocols and Requirments 

American Red Cross written exam and skills test - Before Care Area (pass with an 80% or higher on written exam and pass all skills)

American Red Cross written exam and skills test -  CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer Area (pass with an 80% or higher on written exam and pass all skills).

American Red Cross written exam and skills test - First Aid Responding to Emergencies (pass written exam with an 80% or higher and pass all skills)

Pass all skills with full accuracy of blood borne pathogens, epi pen auto injector, asthma, emergency oxygen and concussion skills/training

Attendance and Full Participation each class session.

Physically be able to demonstrate skills.
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: (1) Responding to Emergencies First Aid (2) CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer 3) Blood Borne Pathogens Training 4) Asthma Inhaler Training 5) Epinephrine Auto-Injector Training 6) Emergency Oxygen 7)Concussion Training—American Red Cross and CDC Concussion Training—Recognized Credentials

Course-Specific Placement Test:
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: IRW 97, IRW 98, IRW 99

American Red Cross written exam and skills test - Before Care Area (pass with an 80% or higher on written exam and pass all skills)

American Red Cross written exam and skills test -  CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer Area (pass with an 80% or higher on written exam and pass all skills).

American Red Cross written exam and skills test - First Aid Responding to Emergencies (pass written exam with an 80% or higher and pass all skills)

Pass all skills with full accuracy of blood borne pathogens, epi pen auto injector, asthma, emergency oxygen and concussion skills/training

Attendance and Full Participation each class session.

Physically be able to demonstrate skills.