FIRST AID EDUCATION

Education based training on First Aid techniques and research

First Aid - EMERGENCY FIRST AID
BBP - BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN AWARENESS

American Heart Association CPR/AED Courses
Length of Course
All courses have the initial goals of learning or relearning the REAL purpose of CPR and the TRUTH about the prevention and the minute chances of further injury, future litigation and disease transmission.
 

American Heart Association HS FIRST AID Courses
All courses have the initial goals of learning or relearning the TRUTH about the prevention and the minute chances of further injury, future litigation and disease transmission.

This course is designed for those who are initial or renewal students and who want to know FIRST AID. Goals include learning or relearning adult/child/infant general principles, medical or illness emergencies, and traumatic or injury emergencies. Additional content can include environmental emergencies.
Course time is 4 hours.

American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Provider (HCP) CPR Courses
This course is designed for those who are initial or renewal students, who are or will be professional rescuers, and/or who work in a hospital or the healthcare industry. Goals include learning or relearning adult/child CPR/AED, infant CPR, adult/child/infant choking treatment, adult/child/infant BVM (bag-valve-mask) use and adult/child/infant barrier device use.
Course time is 4-6 hours.

 
National Safety Council Courses

National Safety Council (NSC) BASIC FIRST AID Courses
All courses have the initial goals of learning or relearning the TRUTH about the prevention and the minute chances of further injury, future litigation and disease transmission.

This course is designed for those who are initial or renewal students and who want to know FIRST AID. Goals include learning or relearning actions for breathing emergencies. It also includes identifying and caring for bleeding, sudden illnesses, and acute injuries.
Course time is 4 hours.

National Safety Council (NSC) BBP Courses
This course is designed for those who are initial or renewal students, who may or may not be professional rescuers, and who need or want to know aspects of bloodborne pathogen (BBP) and airborne pathogen (ABP), and who may come in contact with infectious materials as part of their jobs. Specific topics discussed include transmission and prevention of disease, standard (universal) precautions aka body substance isolation, exposure control and appropriate labeling.
Course time is 1-2 hours.

National Safety Council (NSC) FIRST RESPONDER Courses
All courses have the initial goals of learning or relearning the REAL purpose of CPR and the TRUTH about the prevention and the minute chances of further injury, future litigation and disease transmission.

This course is designed for those who are initial or renewal students, who may or may not be professional rescuers, and who need or want to know CPR/AED, FIRST AID and BBP on a higher level. Goals include using the US DOT curricula to learn or relearn first responder principles, adult/child CPR/AED, infant CPR, adult/child/infant choking treatment, adult/child/infant BVM (bag-valve-mask) use and adult/child/infant barrier device use.

Additional course content includes the following:

  • Introduction to the EMS system.
  • The Well-being of the First Responder
  • Legal and Ethical Issues - HIPPA
  • The Human Body: Anatomy and Function of Body Systems
  • Lifting and Moving Patients
  • Patient Assessment: Subjective and Objective Aspects
  • Medical and Behavioral Emergencies
  • Trauma and Environmental Emergencies
  • Childbirth and Pediatric Emergencies
  • Special Patients and Situations
  • EMS Operations and Special Rescue Situations
  • Supplemental Skills

Course time is varying time periods to equal no less than 40 hours.

 
Illinois Department of Public Health
EMT and FR Continuing Education
 
Customized Education Course
Emergency Oxygen Administration

 



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