Intended Audience

• Workplace first aid providers

Class Configurations

• Max Student Instructor Ratio: 12:1
• Max Student to Manikin Ratio: 6:1
• Max Class Size: 24 (with 2 Instructors)

Instructor Materials

• Basic Training Programs Video or DVD 
• Basic Training Programs Instructor Guide

Student Materials
Basic Student Pack, including:

• Student Guide
• Wallet Skill Guide
• Successful Completion Card

Hands-on Skill Practice
Students will practice essential skills in small group practices and can also apply those skills in optional scenario-based practices.

Recognized Completion Period
Up to 2 years

Evaluation Method
Students are evaluated through Instructor observation of the reasonable performance of skills. Performance and written evaluations are available and optional for use.

Recommended Time to Complete

• Initial Training: 4 to 5 hours
• Retraining time depends on the experience and training history of the students. It is typically shorter than initial training.

Course Segments

• Emergency First Aid Care
• Recognizing an Emergency
• Deciding to Help
• Personal Safety
• Using Barriers
• Assessing for Response
• Mechanism for Spinal Injury
• Activating Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Basic Life-Supporting Skills
• Airway – Head-Tilt, Chin-Lift
• Clearing the Airway – Log Roll
• Protecting the Airway – Recovery Position
• Breathing – Ventilations Mask/Shield
• Circulation – Chest Compressions
• Initial Assessment
• Unresponsive Patient
• CPR for Cardiac Arrest
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Using an AED
• Control of Bleeding
• Managing Shock
• Choking 
• Ongoing Assessment
• Warning Signs of Serious Illness
• Altered Level of Responsiveness
• Pain, Severe Pressure, or Discomfort in Chest
• Breathing Difficulty, Shortness of Breath
• Severe Abdominal Pain
• Mechanism for Significant Injury
• Swollen, Painful, Deformed Limb
• Specific First Aid Problems
• Moving Patients
• Emotional Impact of Providing First Aid Care