The First Aid/CPR/AED course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to respond to cardiac, breathing and first-aid emergencies to help victims of all ages. Successful participants will be able to do the following
Successful participants will be able to do the following:
- Describe how to recognize an emergency and prioritize care for injuries and sudden illnesses
- Identify the difference between (expressed) consent and implied consent
- Identify how to reduce the risk of disease transmission when giving care
- Explain how to activate and work with the emergency medical services (EMS) system
- Describe the purpose of Good Samaritan laws
- Explain when to move an injured of ill person from a dangerous scene
- Explain how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and conditions
- Identify signals of shock and help minimize its effects
- Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening conditions
- Identify the signals of common sudden illnesses and how to care for them
- Describe how to care for someone who is having a seizure
- Identify the signals of and how to care for heat and cold-related emergencies
- Identify the signals of and how to care for various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries
- Demonstrate how to control external bleeding
- Identify signals of and explain how to care for head, neck and spinal injuries
- Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency
- Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival
- Describe how to care for a heart attack
- List the causes of cardiac arrest
- Explain the role of CPR in cardiac arrest
- Demonstrate how to perform CPR
- Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency
- Demonstrate how to care for a person who is choking
- Explain what defibrillation is an how it works
- Identify precautions to take when using an AED on a person in sudden cardiac arrest
- Demonstrate how to use an AED
Course Hours: 2-3 hours of eLearning and 2 hours In-Person
Course Price: $95, $75 (for current Mizzou students)
Course Requirements: Participants must attend and participate in all subsequent sessions (*if applicable) including class room work and skills practice. To receive the associated certification, participants must satisfactorily demonstrate all CPR skills, and pass the course written exam with at least a score of 80%.
Certification received upon fulfilling course requirements (valid 2 years): Adult & Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
Course Schedule:
No courses are scheduled at this time.
Please contact Aquatic Coordinator Alyssa Bradley at akbxw3@missouri.edu for more information.