This course follows the American Heart Association guidelines for knowledge and skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED use at the healthcare provider level. Learning is focused on developing the necessary skills to help an individual with an airway obstruction, respiratory arrest, and/or cardiac arrest.
Prerequisites
None
Student Learning Outcomes
- Recognize the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Demonstrate one rescuer CPR – adult.
- Manage foreign-body airway obstruction.
- Manage pediatric CPR and foreign-body airway obstruction.
- Demonstrate special techniques of two-person rescue team, jaw-thrust maneuver, and the use of face masks.