American Heart Association First Aid Class is designed to teach rescuers the knowledge and psychomotor skills they need to recognize emergencies at the worksite and give first aid. This course meets all requirements for OSHA and Texas Teacher Association guidelines. The student will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of minor emergencies and treatment for poisoning, allergic reactions, bone injuries, seizures and foreign body obstruction. Upon completion of this course the student will be able to describe how to provide care for sudden illnesses, wounds, burns, bone and muscle injuries.

Class duration: 4hrs

At the conlusion of the course the student should be able to:

Describe the importance of scene safety
Describe moving an ill or injured victim
Recognize the signs and symptoms related to major emergencies
Demonstrate how to perform patient assessment
Demonstrate how to immobilize injuries to bones, joints or muscles
Relief of foreign body obstruction, conscious and unconscious
- - - - Scene Safety for rescuers
- - - - Moving ill or injured victim & how to do so without further damage
- - - - Assessing a victim for injuries or sudden illness
- - - - Signs and Symptoms associated with injuries and sudden illnesses
- - - - When to activate the EMS for injuries and sudden illnesses
- - - - Demonstrate how to perform assessment for injuries and ill victims
- - - - Demonstrate how to control bleeding and to bandage wounds
- - - - Demonstrate how to immobilize injuries to bones, joints or muscles