Basic First Aid Course Description
Safeguard CPR's ASHI Basic First Aid was created to help students develop basic first aid knowledge, skills and the confidence to respond. Safeguard CPR's ASHI Basic First Aid is an excellent choice for both the community and workplace setting, and conforms to the 2015 AHA and ARC Guidelines Update for First Aid.
Class Topics:
• First Aid
• Recognizing an Emergency
• Deciding to Help
• Personal Safety
• Infectious Bloodborne Diseases
• Standard Precautions
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Consent
• Implied Consent
• Abandonment
• Good Samaritan Laws
• Emergency Medical Services
(EMS)
• Emergency Action Plans
• Poison Help Line
• Emergency Moves
• Primary Assessment
• Recovery Position
• Compression-only CPR
• Choking
• Secondary Assessment*
• Control of Bleeding
• Tourniquets
• Hemostatic Dressings
• Using a Tourniquet*
• Using a Hemostatic Dressing*
• Internal Bleeding
• Shock
• Amputation*
• Impaled Objects*
• Open Chest Injury*
• Open Abdominal Injury*
• Spinal Injury
• Brain Injury
• Concussion
• Manual Spinal Motion Restriction
• Swollen, Painful, Deformed Limb
• Splinting*
• Using a Malleable Splint*
• Nosebleed
• Injured Tooth
• Thermal Burns
• Electrical Burns
• Chemical Burns
• Using a Gel-Soaked Burn
Dressing*
• Fainting
• Stroke
• Hypoglycemia
• Seizure
• Breathing Difficulty
• Asthma and Inhalers
Making the Workplace
and Community Safer™
• Severe Allergic Reaction
• Using an Epinephrine
Auto-Injector*
• Pain, Severe Pressure or
Discomfort in Chest
• Severe Abdominal Pain*
• Ingested Poisoning
• Inhaled Poisoning
• Bites and Stings*
• Stinging Insects*
• Snakebites*
• Spider Bites*
• Tick Bites*
• Marine Animal Stings*
• Animal and Human Bites*
• Heat Exhaustion
• Heat Stroke
• Hypothermia
• Frostbite
• Emotional Considerations*
Basic First Aid Course Cost
$65.00
Basic First Aid Certification Period
2 Years
Basic First Aid Course Length
Initial training: 2 hours