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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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