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CPR—Adult
Course Fee: $45.00
Purpose: Train lay responders to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults.
Prerequisites: NONE
Learning Objectives:
-Describe how to recognize and respond to an emergency
-Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.
-Identify the difference between consent and implied consent.
-Describe the three emergency action steps.
-Explain when and how to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.
-Explain when and how to move a person from a dangerous scene.
-Identify how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
-Demonstrate how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
-Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.
-Explain how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.
-Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.
-Describe how to prioritize care for injuries and sudden illnesses.
-Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency.
-Demonstrate how to care for a person who is choking.
-Demonstrate how to recognize and care for a person who is not breathing.
-Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.
-Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
-Describe how to care for a heart attack.
-Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
-Identify prevention strategies to decrease the risk of breathing emergencies.
Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins.
Instructor: A currently authorized American Red Cross Lay Responder First Aid and CPR/AED, Emergency Response, Lifeguarding or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer program instructor.
Certification Requirements:
-Attend and participate in all course sessions.
-Demonstrate competency in all required skills listed on the skills checklist.
-Participate in all skills sessions.
-Pass each section of the written exam with a score of 80 percent or better.
Certificate Issues and Validity Period: CPR—Adult: 1-yr
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