About the courseSYLLABUS - 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 |
