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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