American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED (SE-P-05064)

Purpose

The purpose of the courses in the First Aid/CPR/AED program is to help participants recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over.

Objectives

Before Giving Care and Checking an Injured or Ill Person
  • - Describe how to recognize an emergency.
  • - Describe how to prioritize care for injuries and sudden illnesses.
  • - Describe the purpose of Good Samaritan laws.
  • - Identify the difference between (expressed) consent and implied consent.
  • - Identify how to reduce the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
  • - Explain how to activate and work with the emergency medical services (EMS) system.
  • - Explain when to move an injured or ill person from a dangerous scene.
  • - Explain how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and non-life-threatening conditions.
  • - Identify the signals of shock.
  • - Describe how to minimize the effects of shock.
  • - Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening conditions.
CPR/AED
  • - Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.
  • - Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
  • - Describe how to care for a heart attack.
  • - List the causes of cardiac arrest.
  • - Explain the role of CPR in cardiac arrest.
  • - Demonstrate how to perform CPR.
  • - Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency.
  • - Demonstrate how to care for a person who is choking.
  • - Explain what defibrillation is.
  • - Explain how defibrillation works.
  • - Identify precautions to take when using an AED on a person in sudden cardiac arrest.
  • - Demonstrate how to use an AED.
First Aid
  • - Identify the signals of common sudden illnesses.
  • - Describe how to care for common sudden illnesses.
  • - Describe how to care for someone who is having a seizure.
  • - Identify the signals of heat-related illnesses and cold-related emergencies.
  • - Describe how to care for heat-related illnesses and cold-related emergencies. - Explain how to care for head, neck and spinal injuries.
  • - Identify signals of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries.
  • - Describe how to care for various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries.
  • - Explain how to care for muscle, bone or joint injuries.
  • - Demonstrate how to control external bleeding.
  • - Identify signals of head, neck and spinal injuries.

Contents


Theory / Practice
50% / 50%

Who should attend?

Wind technicians, ground support personnel, and any others that may need First Aid/AED/CPR training.

Prerequisites

None

Notes


Validity
24 months

Course duration

4  hours

Price

 

Cancellation fee

100 percent of course fee after 30 days before the start of course.

Export control

AL-Number: N/A
ECCN: N/A

Course dates

The following dates are available
Sorry, currently no course events are available.

Contact person:

Siemens Gamesa Training Center - North America
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E-Mail:  wstcnorthamerica.us@siemensgamesa.com

Address:

Siemens Gamesa Training Center - North America
7415 Emerald Dunes Drive, Suite 100
FL 32822 Orlando
United States of America
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