First Aid - Basics (US)
40 min! Run Time
Employees
only
of Completion
What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
Incidents requiring first aid can happen anywhere and at any time. The first response to such an incident is the most important. First aid given at the scene can improve the chances of survival and recovery of a victim. This course presents ways to respond to basic first aid situations until the emergency medical services (EMS) personnel arrive. Ideal learners include all employees.
Course Objectives:
Explain when you might be held accountable for a victim's outcome;Assess scenes and victims before providing first aid;Provide valuable information to emergency medical services (EMS);Recall guidelines about when and how to move victims;Recall basic first aid techniques for the treatment of breathing emergencies, choking, severe bleeding, shock, fractures, sprains and strains, and burns
Duration: 40 min.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
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First Aid - Basics (US)
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It adds guidance on when you might be held accountable for a victim's outcome, alongside the same scene-assessment and treatment basics.
You'll learn to explain the circumstances under which you could be held accountable for what happens to a victim you're assisting.
Beyond the accountability piece, it reviews treatment for breathing emergencies, choking, severe bleeding, shock, fractures, sprains, strains, and burns.
It walks through the details worth handing off to EMS crews so they can pick up care from where you left off.
All employees, since it's designed as a general first aid foundation for any US workplace.
Incidents requiring first aid can happen anywhere and at any time. The first response to such an incident is the most important. First aid given at the scene can improve the chances of survival and recovery of a victim. This course presents ways to respond to basic first aid situations until the emergency medical services (EMS) personnel arrive. Ideal learners include all employees.
Course Objectives:
Explain when you might be held accountable for a victim's outcome;Assess scenes and victims before providing first aid;Provide valuable information to emergency medical services (EMS);Recall guidelines about when and how to move victims;Recall basic first aid techniques for the treatment of breathing emergencies, choking, severe bleeding, shock, fractures, sprains and strains, and burns
Duration: 40 min.