COURSE OUTLINE
Course: Health Care Provider CPR
Approximate Time: 4 hours
Topic |
Subtopics
|
Skill Practice |
DVD Segment |
Length |
Emergency Cardiac Care and the Health Care Provider |
Health Care Providers as Rescuers Preparing for Emergencies Disease Transmission and Precautions Cardiovascular Disease: Improving the Odds The Chain of Survival Legal and Ethical Considerations |
None |
Yes |
10 min |
Understanding the Human Body |
Body Systems When Body Systems Fail |
None |
Yes |
10 min |
Patient Assessment |
Assessing the Emergency Scene Assessing the Patient |
Checking for responsiveness and breathing Checking circulation Performing rescue breathing on a patient in respiratory arrest Performing CPR on a patient in cardiopulmonary arrest |
Yes |
20 min |
Basic Life Support for Adults and Children (including multiple rescuer CPR) |
Patient Assessment Opening the Airway and Providing Rescue Breathing Performing CPR Airway Obstruction |
Checking for responsiveness and breathing Checking for a pulse Head tilt-chin lift maneuver Jaw-thrust maneuver Mouth-to-mask rescue breathing Mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing Mouth-to-nose rescue breathing Mouth-to-stoma rescue breathing Adult CPR Child CPR Two-person CPR Managing airway obstructions in responsive adults or children Chest thrusts Managing airway obstructions in unresponsive adults or children |
Yes |
85 min |
Basic Life Support for Infants |
Assessment of an Infant Opening the Airway and Providing Rescue Breathing CPR for Infants Airway Obstruction |
Checking for responsiveness and breathing in an infant Checking for a pulse in an infant Head tilt-chin lift maneuver for infants Jaw-thrust maneuver for infants CPR for infants Managing the responsive infant with an airway obstruction Managing the unresponsive infant with an airway obstruction |
Yes |
30 min |
Resuscitation Adjuncts |
Resuscitation Adjuncts Suction Units Simple Airway Adjuncts Ventilation Devices Circulatory Assist Devices Automated External Defibrillation |
Suctioning Inserting an oral airway Inserting a nasal airway Mouth-to-mask rescue breathing Using a bag-mask device Using an AED on an adult Using an AED on a child |
Yes |
60 min |
Special Resuscitation Situations |
Trauma Drowning Hypothermia Electric Shock |
Caring for a trauma patient Performing water rescue Caring for a drowning victim Caring for a hypothermia patient Caring for an electric shock victim |
Yes |
10 min |
Final Written Exams |
Administer one of the two versions |
None |
|
15 min |
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