Emergency First Response

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The Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR), Emergency First Response Secondary Care (First Aid) and Care for Children courses make up the foundation of emergency care for the lay provider. Within the three courses, CPR and first aid skills are integrated into an easy-to-remember emergency care sequence. This sequence allows participants to provide effective emergency care to injured or ill adults and children. Course fee of $125 includes training materials and PADI processing fees.

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Perform a scene assessment
• Use barriers appropriately
• Perform a patient responsiveness check
• Activate local EMS services at the appropriate time
• Determine when resuscitation is appropriate
• Place patient in the recovery position
• Open and maintain an airway
• Provide effective one rescuer ventilations
• Perform one rescuer CPR for adults, children and infants
• AED use
• How to assist a conscious or unconscious choking patient
• Manage serious external bleeding
• Perform shock management
• Stabilize and manage suspected spinal injury
• Provide manual stabilization of suspected skeletal injuries
• Perform ongoing illness and injury assessments