First Aid/CPR

Learn how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies, even if you are a non-medical student. This course covers how to first assess the victim then treat cardiovascular emergencies and external and internal injuries.

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First Aid/CPR

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

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Student support 7 days a week

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

First Aid/CPR

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

About This Course

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ACE Approved 2022

First Aid/CPR teaches you how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies, even if you are a non-medical student.

What You'll Learn

Explain first aid principles, emergency responses, and initial and secondary patient assessment.

Recognize signs and symptoms of various medical emergencies and recommend first aid for each.

Recommend dressing and bandages for specific wounds and explain first aid for special wounds and steps to control external bleeding.

Compare and contrast types of burns and their effects, assess the severity of a burn, and demonstrate ways to provide first aid for various degrees and types of burns.

Assess head, spinal, and musculoskeletal injuries and demonstrate care for such injuries, including the use of splints and slings

Differentiate the effects of internal bleeding and chest and pelvic wounds and demonstrate specific first aid steps for each type of wound.

Assess problems of pregnancy, labor, and delivery and explain first aid for a pregnant woman and assisting at childbirth (including complications).

Recognize signs of emotional responses to injuries and illness, behavioral problems, and abuse and recommend responses to each.

Demonstrate choking care for responsive or unresponsive choking victims and explain the steps of the AED procedure.

Apply understanding of the respiratory system to explain rescue breaths and chest compressions for respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies

Assess severity of shock and heat and cold emergencies and explain first aid steps

Evaluate danger to victims trapped in various conditions and demonstrate techniques of rescuing and moving victims.

Recognize signs and symptoms of poisoning, substance abuse, and bites and stings and illustrate care for each.

Illustrate general principles for injuries in remote locations and care for specific injuries and wilderness emergencies.

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Course Details

MED101

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First Aid/CPR

This course reviews how to first assess the victim then treat cardiovascular emergencies and external and internal injuries. Our online First Aid/CPR course also covers situations like emergencies in remote locations and childbirth emergencies.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to take First Aid/CPR.

Topic Subtopics
Introduction to First Aid
  • Key Principles of First Aid
  • Responding to Emergencies
  • Assessing the Victim
  • Blood-borne pathogens
Rescuing and Moving Victims
  • Rescuing a Victim
  • Rescue Techniques
  • Moving a Victim
Medical Emergencies
  • Heart Attack, Angina, and Stroke
  • Respiratory Distress and COPD
  • Fainting, Seizures, and Altered Mental Status
  • Diabetic Emergencies
Basic Life Support 1: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Emergencies
  • Respiratory System and Emergencies
  • Rescue Breaths
  • Key Aspects of CPR
Basic Life Support 2: Choking and Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
  • Choking Emergencies
  • Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
External Injuries
  • External Bleeding
  • Types of Wounds
  • Dressing and Bandaging Wounds
  • Caring for Special Wounds
Burns
  • Assessing a Burn
  • Preventing Burns
  • First Aid for Burns
Internal Injuries
  • Internal Bleeding
  • Chest Injuries
  • Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
Musculoskeletal Injuries
  • Head and Spinal Injuries
  • Bone, Joint, and Muscle Injuries
  • Extremity Injuries
Poisoning, Substance Abuse, and Bites
  • First Aid for Poisoning
  • Substance Misuse and Abuse
  • Bites and Stings
Remote Location Emergencies
  • Preparation
  • First Aid
  • Wilderness Emergencies
Environmental Emergencies
  • First Aid for Shock
  • Heat and Cold Emergencies
Behavioral Emergencies
  • Responses to Injury and Illness
  • Behavioral Emergencies
  • Abuse
Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Stages
  • Pregnancy
  • Childbirth

Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.

Assignments for this course include:

  • 4 Graded Exams
  • 1 Graded Midterm
  • 1 Graded Final

Students may find new texts at https://www.redcross.org/store/books-and-dvds/firstaid-and-cpr-aed. Used, new, or rental copies may be available at resellers such as Amazon.


Required: American Red Cross. First Aid/CPR/AED Participant's Manual, StayWell, 2017, ISBN: 9781584806653


Recommended: American Red Cross. Responding to Emergencies: Comprehensive First Aid/CPR/AED, StayWell, 2017, ISBN: 9781584806844

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