The first aid course 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 CPR, care for sudden illnesses, wounds, burns, bone and muscle injuries.

Class duration: 4hrs

Course Objectives:

Describe the importance of scene safety
Demonstrate proper technique for 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 without causing further damage
Assessing a victim for injuries or sudden illness
Signs and symptoms associated with injuries and sudden illnesses
When to activate 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


First Aid Instructor

Requirements for becoming a Heartsaver First Aid Instructor:

Be a current AHA BLS Instructor or Heartsaver Instructor

Must meet one of the following requirements:

Be a healthcare professional (physician, nurse, EMS technician, dentist, athletic trainer, etc.).

Be a recognized FACTS or American Red Cross First Aid Instructor.

Have completed the AHA Heartsaver First Aid provider course including the environmental section.

Attend a First Aid Instructor Course orientation conducted by an Instructor-Trainer who also holds First Aid Instructor recognition.

AHA instructors are not automatically qualified (grand-fathered) to teach First Aid.

First Aid Instructor Course Orientation (conducted by Instructor-Trainer):

Obtain and Review the First Aid Instructor’s Manual

View and discuss the First Aid Video

The Heartsaver First Aid Instructor course card must be issued.