COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed for healthcare providers who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic life support skills in a wide variety of settings. It is designed to teach CPR skills (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device and oxygen) on victims of all ages, use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). The program includes background materials, instructional methodologies and a videotaped overview of cognitive information, skills demonstration and practice, instructor-led practice scenarios and peer practice sessions.
COURSE CONTENT: ( In order of presentation)
- Heart disease definition and prevention
- Risk factors by category
- CPR Importance
- Good Samaritan Law
- Latest changes in CPR according to AHA
- AED operation
- Chain of survival (adult, child, infant)
- CPR (adult, child, infant)
- Foreign body obstruction (FBO for adult, child, infant)
- Practicum
OBJECTIVES:
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At the end of this course the student will be able to:
- Successfully demonstrate a CPR sequence (adult, child and infant) according to existing standards
- Explain the importance of heart disease prevention
- Enunciate and demonstrate the correct implementation of an AED, and its importance in the reversal of a cardiac
- Demonstrate FBO (adult, child, infant)
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 4 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
