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Dec 26, 2024
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PEH 141 - First Aid
Course Department: Business
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2023
2 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course is a study of the fundamentals of first aid with emphasis on the prevention and emergency care of injuries of all kinds. Units using multimedia instruction and cardiopulmonary resuscitation will be given with American Red Cross certification. This course also provides clarification when and how to activate the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system, thus eliminating the confusion that often causes delays in obtaining emergency medical care. This course also emphasizes the need for rapid medical assistance in life-threatening emergencies. Certification in CPR/AED and Responding to Emergencies (First Aid component) will be awarded to students who meet course completion requirements.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: Testing Charge: $35.00
Common Course Assessment(s): CPR/AED Certification Test and First Aid Certification Test
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
1. Explain how the EMS system works and the citizen responder’s role in the EMS system.
2. Explain what happens in the body if one or more body systems fail to function properly.
3. Identify and care for choking and other breathing emergencies.
4. Identify the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and injury, and describe how to control them.
5. Recognize the signals of a possible heart attack.
6. Identify the signals of cardiac arrest, and demonstrate how to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until advanced emergency medical care arrives.
7. Identify life-threatening bleeding, and demonstrate how to control it.
8. Identify the signals of shock, and describe how to care for them.
9. Identify the signals of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries, and demonstrate how to care for them.
10. Identify the signals of medical emergencies, including poisoning and heat/cold emergencies, and describe both general and specific care for medical emergencies.
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