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Far Out First Aid

About the course

SYLLABUS  -  EIGHT HOUR  CPR + WILDERNESS AND REMOTE FIRST AID CLASS 
 

1.       INTRODUCTION 
 
2.       RECOGNIZE  THE EMERGENCY

 3.      DECIDING TO ACT

 4.      SEND FOR HELP

 5.      RENDER CARE

 6.      GET VICTIM’S CONSENT 

7.        APPROACHING A VICTIM - SCENE SAFETY

 8.      ROLLING THE UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM

 9.      HEART ATTACK AND CARDIAC ARREST

 10.    CPR 
 
11.     MOVING THE VICTIM A SHORT DISTANCE 

12.     EVACUATION - MOVING LONGER DISTANCES

 13.    FLIP CHART:  DEFINITION OF WILDERNESS FIRST AID 
 
14.     FLIP CHART: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STANDARD FIRST AID AND WILDERNESS AND REMOTE FIRST AID

 15.    FLIPCHART:  WHY DO WILDERNESS INCIDENTS OCCUR?
 
16.     FLIPCHART:  PREVENTING WILDERNESS INCIDENTS

 17.    FLIPCHART: PRIMARY ASSESSMENT – BREATHING AND 
BLEEDING


 18.    FLIPCHART - LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS – AVPU 

19.     SECONDARY (FOCUSED) ASSESSMENT  
          a.       FLIP CHART:   SAMPLE HISTORY 
          b.      HANDS-ON PHYSICAL EXAM 

20.    TAKING VITAL SIGNS                                                                           
          a         Breathing or respiratory                                                                           
          b.        Pulse or heartbeat                                                                        
          c.        Skin                                                       
          d.        Capillary refill                                                                         
          e.        Pulse oximetry

 21.   FLIPCHART:  EVACUATION CHOICES 

22.    FLIPCHART -  EVACUATION CONSIDERATIONS 
 
23.   FLIPCHART:  SENDING SOMEONE FOR HELP

24.   FLIPCHART:  LEAVING THE PATIENT ALONE                                                                   
        a.       CONSCIOUS PATIENT    
        b.       UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT
   
25.   FLIPCHART:  HELICOPTER EVACUATION

 26.   SHOCK

 27.   SEIZURE

 28.   STROKE 
 

29.   FEVER  – FEBRILE SEIZURE

 30.   CHOKING

 31.   DIABETES
         a.     Hyperglycemia
         b.     Hypoglycemia

 32.    HEAT-RELATED EMERGENCIES
          a.   Heat  Cramps 
          b.   Heat Exhaustion  
          c.   Heat stroke
          d.  Hyponatremia  (water intoxication) 

33.   COLD-RELATED  EMERGENCIES
        a.     Frostbite
        b.     Hypothermia

 34.   POISONING

 35.   LIGHTNING

36.   ALTITUDE SICKNESS

 37.   SYNCOPE

 38.   TOOTHACHE

 39.   BLEEDING – PRESSURE BANDAGE

 40.   TOURNIQUETS

 41.   SNAKEBITE

 42.   INSECT BITES

 43.   ALLERGIC REACTION – ANAPHYLAXIS

 44.   ANIMAL BITES

 45.   DROWNING

 46.  BURNS

 47.   HEAD TRAUMA/CONCUSSIONS

 48.   NECK/SPINE TRAUMA

 49.   BROKEN BONES – SPLINTS AND TRACTION SPLINTS

 50.   SPRAINS

 51.   EPISTAXIS



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