Course: First Aid Basics: What to do in a First Aid Emergency

Course Summary:

One of the most important aspects of first aid is to simply take the right steps at the right time. This course will help your congregants be confident when handling a variety of emergencies. After completing this 35-minute course, your clergy, staff, and volunteers will be better prepared to deal with emergencies such as a serious burn, poisoning, cut, heart attack, unconsciousness, and broken bones.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the recommended contents of a first aid kit
• Understand how to maintain first aid kits
• Know the proper steps to take when first aid is needed for a wide variety of emergencies

Key Topics Include:

• The Role of First Aid in an Emergency
• First Aid Kits for Congregations
• General Guidelines for Filling Your First Aid Kit
• Surveying Someone for Injury
• Basic First Aid for Cuts
• When Cuts are More Serious
• Broken Bones and Fractures
• First Aid for Burns
• Classifying a Burn
• Care for Minor Burns: First- and Second-Degree
• Serious Burns of the Third Degree
• Poison Control
• If Someone is Unconscious
• Assessing Breathing Issues
• Choking
• Identifying a Heart Attack or Stroke
• Understanding Low Blood Sugar, Metabolic Shock, and Dehydration
• Low Blood Pressure and Anemia

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