EFR Primary & Secondary Care Syllabus

This course is intended for laypersons and Rescue Divers.  Primary Care (CPR) teaches participants how to respond to life-threatening emergencies for adults. The course focuses on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure participants have the confidence in their ability to provide care when emergency situations arise.  Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening.  Participants focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice.

Duration:
Approximately 4-5 hours

Certification Period:
Up to 2 years

Prerequisites:
None

Topics:

• Scene safety assessment
• Universal precautions - communicable disease protection, including barrier use
• Primary assessment
• Rescue breathing
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Conscious and unconscious obstructed airway management
• Serious bleeding management

• Shock management
• Spinal injury management
• Automated external defibrillator (AED) training
• Emergency oxygen use orientation
• Injury assessment
• Illness assessment
• Bandaging
• Splinting for dislocations and fractures