EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE

The course focuses on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure participants have the confidence in their ability to provide care when emergency situations arise.

Primary Care (CPR) skills taught in this course:

• Scene Safety Assessment
• Universal Precautions - Communicable Disease Protection, including barrier use
• Primary Assessment
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Rescue Breathing
• Conscious and Unconscious Obstructed Airway Management
• Serious Bleeding Management
• Shock Management
• Spinal Injury Management

Secondary Care (First Aid) Course Content:

The coarse covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening. Participants focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice.
Secondary Skills taught in this course:

• Injury Assessment
• Illness Assessment
• Bandaging
• Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures

Includes Reference Section on the following topics:

• Allergic Reactions
• Bruises
• Burns
• Chemical Burns
• CPR (adult, child, infant)
• Choking (adult and infant)
• Cone Shell Stings
• Coral, Jellyfish and Hydroid Stings
• Cuts
• Dental Injuries
• Diabetic Problems
• Dislocations and Fractures
• Electrical Injuries
• Eye Injuries
• First Aid Kit Assembly
• Fish Spine Injury
• Frostbite
• Heat Exhaustion / Heatstroke
• Heart Attack
• Hypothermia
• Insect Stings
• Octopus Bites
• Poisoning
• Seizures
• Snake Bites
• Spider Bites
• Sprains and Strains
• Stroke
• Temperature Related Injuries
• Venomous Bites and Stings
• llness Assessment Record Sheet

Creating Confidence to Care

Emergency First Response's course curricula are based on patient care standards as published in the American Heart Association Guidelines 2005 Standards for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, and the consensus view of the Basic Life Support (BLS) Working Group of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). ILCOR is an international standards group representing most of the world's major resuscitation organizations.

Accrediting Organizations:

Emergency First Response courses have been approved or meet the following organizations’ guidelines for CPR/First Aid training:
 United States

1.  Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA)
2.  American Council on Exercise (ACE)
3. Boise Idaho Child Care Training Network
4. Boy Scouts of America
5. Cal/OSHA
6. Girl Scouts USA
7. Illinois Department Of Public Health
8. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners
9. Board of Massage Therapy State of Hawaii
10. National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
11. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
12. National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
13. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), New Mexico
14. Ohio Job and Family Services
15. United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA)
16. United States Coast Guard (USCG) for a merchant mariner license
17. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Puerto Rico
18. State of Washington Dept of Labor & Industries Accreditation
19. United States OSHA Region 10 – includes federal jurisdiction for Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho
20. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
21. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
22. North Carolina DHHS Division of Child Development
23. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS)
24. State of New York Department of Health PAD training
25. Emergency First Response meets the compliance standards of many additional organizations, including Federal OSHA Guideline 29 CFR 1910.151.
26. American Camp Association.
27. Utah State Parks and Recreation.
28. Michigan DHS, Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing.

Emergency First Response meets the compliance standards of many additional organizations, including Federal US OSHA Guideline 29 CFR 1910.15.

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