Course Information
First Aid and CPR
Certificates Issued:
First Aid
CPR
Contact Hours: 8 hours
Description:
Divided into two sections, the program will teach:
- Students how to recognize the signs and symptoms of injuries and sudden
illness. Crucial information about how to deal with emergencies like shock,
burns, strains, strokes, and seizures is shared.
- Students to master necessary skills for the administration of CPR to
adults, children, and infants. They will learn how to recognize a
life-threatening emergency, how to provide basic life support, what to do in
the case of an airway obstruction or choking, and how to use an automated
external defibrillator (AED).
Training Materials:
The following National Safety Council training materials are used in the course.
The costs of the texts are included in the course fees.
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First Aid and CPR, Fourth Edition
National Safety Council
ISBN: 0763713335X
Price: $.00 (U.S. List)
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 145
Copyright: 2001
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NSC First Aid Net
Through these integrated web site training materials students can
optionally access supplemental course materials from
the National Safety Council First Aid Net web site.
The web site includes such topics as:
- Chapter Activities - These activities help prepare students
for training. There are Web Exercises, Discover Online, and Key Term Flashcards
activities.
Web Exercises further expand on information discussed in the chapters of
First Aid and CPR, Fourth Edition through interactive exercises.
Discover Online contains links to sites where you can satisfy your curiosity
about everything from the dangers of polar bears to food allergies.
Key Term Flashcards test your First Aid and CPR vocabulary with this
interactive study aid.
- Videos: Skills in Action
- Watch an experienced first aider perform skills such as CPR, the jaw thrust,
and splinting. Seeing skills in action will help you to cope confidently
and correctly when you are faced with an emergency.
- Anatomy Review - This site will help you
study human anatomy through interactive figure labeling exercises.
- Interactive Glossary - This page allows you
to search the glossary for a term or to browse the glossary alphabetically.
- Emergency Care Newsletter - This page allows you
to read the newsletter put out by National Safety Council First Aid Net.
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