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Intended Audience
- Workplace first aid providers
Class Configurations
- Max Student Instructor Ratio: 12:1
- Max Student to Manikin Ratio: 6:1
- Max Student to AED Training Device 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
BasicPlus 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: 5 to 6 hours
- Retraining time depends on the experience and
training history of the students. It is typically shorter than initial
training.
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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
- Bare, Prepare, and Place Pads
- Basic AED Operation
- Troubleshooting Messages
- Other AED Considerations
- 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
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