EMSP 1005 - CPR Refresher

0.5 Credits

This course will review with the participant how to recognize and respond to life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and foreign-body airway obstruction (choking). The student will review when to recognize heart attack and stroke symptoms in adults and breathing difficulty in children. This course teaches the skills needed to respond to the emergencies identified. The participant will review the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with barrier devices and bag-mask devices), use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO).

Prerequisites: (1) Current Healthcare Provider card

Lecture Hours: 0.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Reviews the links in the AHA adult Chain of Survival and state the importance of each link.
Reviews emergency cardiovascular care.
Review and updates the technique of Basic Life Support for Adult and Pediatrics.
Reviews and updates the use of the Automatic Defibrillator for Adults and pediatrics.

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