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Standard First Aid and CPR
STANDARD FIRST AID AND CPR
After completing this unit, the students will understand how to care for certain injuries and demonstrate life saving skills.
1. List and describe the Emergency Action Steps.
2. Identify the difference between consent and implied c
onsent.3. List how a reasonable and prudent person would react to any emergency.
4. Demonstrate how to care for a conscious and unconscious choking victim.
5. Identify signals of a cardiac arrest, links to the Cardiac Chain of Survival and how to care for heart attack.
6. Describe the role of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in cardiac arrest.
7. Describe muscular/skeletal injuries and list the steps to care for the injuries.
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STUDENT OUTLINE FOR STANDARD FIRST AID AND CPR
DEFINITIONS
Obtaining consent
Abandonment
Good Samaritan Law
Examples of the Law
Primary Survey
Checking a Conscious Victim
Steps
1. Check the scene
2. Interview the victim
3. Head to Toe Exam
EMERGENCY ACTION STEPS
1. Check
2. Call
3. Care
ABC’S
RECOGNIZING AND CARING FOR SHOCK
Define Shock
Signals of Shock
Care for Shock
Recovery Position
BREATHING EMERGENCIES
Define
Causes of Breathing Emergencies
Signals of Breathing Emergencies-Adult
Conditions that Cause Breathing Emergencies
1. Asthma
2. Emphysema
3. Bronchitis
4. Hyperventilation
5. Allergic Reaction
CONSCIOUS CHOKING
1. Partially blocked airway
Treatment
2. Completely blocked airway
Treatment
Causes of Choking
Universal Choking Sign
CARDIAC EMERGENCIES
Definitions
CPR-Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
Heart Attack
Signs of a Heart Attack
Stroke
Signs of a Stroke
Cardiac Arrest
Gastric Distention
Cardiac Chain of Survival
1. Early recognition and early access.
2. Early CPR
3. Early defibrillation
4. Early advanced medical care
CPR STEPS
Skill Components
1. Hand position
2. Compress
3. Breathe
4. Cycle
5. Rate
Complications Associated with CPR
FIRST AID
Soft Tissue Injuries
Wounds-
1. Types of Wounds
a. closed wounds
b. open wounds
Types of Bleeding
a. arterial bleeding
b. venous bleeding
c. capillary bleeding
CLOSED WOUNDS
1. Bruise or contusion
2. Hematoma
Signs of Internal Bleeding
Care for Minor Closed Wounds
OPEN WOUNDS
1. abrasion
2. laceration
3. avulsion
4. puncture
5. incision
Care for a Minor Open Wound
Care for a Major Open Wound
BURNS
Define
Causes of Burns
Types of Burns
1. Superficial Burn or First Degree
2. Partial Thickness or Second Degree
3. Full Thickness or Third Degree
Critical Burns
Things to look for in Critical Burns
Care for Thermal Burns
Care for Chemical Burns
Care for Electrical Burns
Things that you do not do for Burns
Infection
How to Prevent an Infection
Signals of an Infection
INJURIES TO MUSCLE, BONE AND JOINT INJURIES
1. Fracture
2. Dislocation
3. Sprain
4. Strain
RICE
Splinting
Methods of Splinting
1. Anatomic splint
2. Soft splint
3. Rigid splint
SUDDEN ILLNESS
1. Fainting
2. Diabetic Emergency
3. Seizure
4. Poisoning
5. Allergic Reaction
HEAT RELATED EMERGENCIES
1. Heat Cramps
2. Heat Exhaustion
3. Heat Stroke
Care for Heat Related Emergencies
COLD RELATED EMERGENCIES
1. Hypothermia
Signs
Care
2. Frostbite
Signs
Care
