Standard First Aid

This course combines lectures, demonstrations and video with hands-on training and practice. Participants in this course learn to recognize and respond to emergencies including shock, cardiac and breathing emergencies for adults, children and infants, heat and cold emergencies, sudden illnesses and poisonings. Additionally, participants will learn first aid for everything from cuts and scrapes to muscle, bone and joint injuries. Recognize, and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over.

This course can be taken by itself as part of a community training program or workplace training program. It may also include a CPR course - with or without use of AED (Automatic External Defibrulator). The CPR course may be for adults only, children and infants only, or for adults, children and infants. It is important to keep in mind that the definition of children for these courses is someone between the ages of 2 years and 12 years old. See the length subtopic to find out the different course times. See the CPR course to understand the different learning objectives.

Purpose

• To teach lay responders the knowledge and skills necessary to give care in an emergency, help sustain life and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until medical help arrives. This course does not include CPR.

Learning Objectives

• Describe how to recognize and respond to an emergency.
• Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.
• Describe the difference between consent and implied consent.
• Describe the three emergency action steps.
• Identify 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 non life-threatening conditions.
• Demonstrate how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and non life-threatening conditions.
• Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.
• Describe how to prioritize care for injuries and sudden illnesses.
• Identify the signals of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries.
• Identify the signs and symptoms of sudden illness, including stroke, diabetic emergency, poisoning and allergic reactions, and describe how to care for them.
• Identify the signs and symptoms of heat- and cold-related emergencies and describe how to care for them.
• Demonstrate how to control bleeding.
• Identify the signals of head, neck and back injuries and explain how to care for them.
• Demonstrate how to care for a muscle, bone or joint injury.

Length

• Standard First Aid (School & Community or Workplace) - approximately 3 hours, 40 minutes
• Standard First Aid with CPR - Adult - approximately 5 hours, 30 minutes
• Standard First Aid with CPR/AED - Adult - approximately 6 hours, 30 minutes
• Standard First Aid with CPR - Adult, Child and Infant - approximately 7 hours
• See the CPR/AED courses for their learning objectives, or click on course titles above
• Other combinations are available

Certification Requirement

• 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 Issued and Validity

• Standard First Aid: 3 years
• CPR or CPR/AED: 1 year