Basic First Aid Syllabus

This course is for individuals who require or desire elementary first aid knowledge and skills, including parents, child care personnel, child care workers, teachers, babysitters, and industry emergency response teams.

Duration:
Approximately 1 1/2 - 2 hours

Certification Period:
Up to 2 years

Prerequisites:
CPR and AED recommended

Topics:

• Legal considerations
• Recognizing an emergency
• Deciding to help
• Personal safety
• Disease transmission
• Universal precautions
• EMS
• Primary assessment
• Recovery position
• Secondary assessment
• Ongoing assessment
• Control of bleeding
• Internal bleeding
• Managing shock
• Amputation
• Impaled objects
• Open chest injury
• Open abdominal injury
• Head, neck or back injury
• Brain injury
  

• Swollen, painful, deformed limb
• Eye injuries
• Nosebleed
• Injured tooth
• Burns
• Stroke
• Diabetic emergencies
• Seizure
• Asthma
• Severe allergic reaction
• Pain, severe pressure or discomfort in chest
• Severe abdominal pain
• Pregnancy complications
• Poisoning
• Bites and strings
• Heat emergencies
• Cold emergencies
• Emergency moves
• Emotional considerations
• Naloxone