BLS – Basic Life Support (healthcare providers) Course Outline

• Chain of Survival
• BLS for Adults
• BLS Sequence
• Compressions
• Breathing (Using a pocket mask and BVM – Bag Valve Mask)
• Adult 2-Rescuer
• AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
• Team Dynamics
• BLS for Children
• BLS Sequence
• Compressions
• Breathing (Using a pocket mask and BVM – Bag Valve Mask)
• Child 2-Rescuer
• AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
• BLS for Infants
• Compressions
• Breaths (Using a BVM – Bag Valve Mask)
• Infant 2-Rescuer
• Automated External Defibrillator for Infants and children less than 8 years of age
• CPR with an Advanced Airway
• Rescue Breaths
• Mouth-to-Mouth Breathing
• Opioid-Associated Life-Threatening Emergencies
• Choking for all ages

Heartsaver CPR/AED (non-healthcare providers)

Adult CPR AED

• Scene Safety and Assessment
• Chest Compressions
• Giving Breaths (Mouth-to-Mouth)
• Giving Breaths (With a Mask)
• Use an AED
• Putting It All Together
• Help From Others
• Adult CPR AED Summary
• Naloxone
• Adult Choking
• Course Conclusion

Child CPR AED

• Scene Safety and Assessment
• Chest Compressions
• Giving Breaths (Mouth-to-Mouth)
• Giving Breaths (With a Mask)
• Use an AED
• Putting It All Together
• Help From Others
• Child CPR AED Summary
• Child Choking
• Course Conclusion

Infant CPR

• Scene Safety and Assessment
• Chest Compressions
• Giving Breaths (Mouth-To-Mouth)
• Giving Breaths (With A Mask)
• Putting It All Together
• Infant CPR Summary
• Infant Choking
• Course Conclusion

Heartsaver Adult First Aid Course Outline

Duties, Roles, and Responsibilities of First Aid Rescuers

• Your Role in the EMS System
• Deciding to Provide First Aid
• Asking to Give First Aid
• Maintaining the First Aid Kit
• Good Samaritan Laws
• Key Steps of First Aid
• Questions for Assessing the Scene
• When to Phone for Help
• How to Phone for Help
• Who Should Phone for Help
• Follow The Dispatcher’s Instructions
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Actions for Universal Precautions
• Actions for Exposure to Blood
• Actions for Removing Protective Gloves
• Good Hygiene and Washing Hands
• Actions for Finding the Problem
• Moving and Ill or Injured Person
• Protecting the Persons Privacy

Medical Emergencies

• Breathing Problems
• Actions for Assembling and Using Inhalers
• Actions for Helping Someone With Breathing Problems
• The Choking Sign
• How to Help Someone With a Severe Airway Block
• How to Help a Choking Pregnant Woman or Large Adult or Child
• How to Help When a choking Person Becomes Unresponsive
• Allergic Reactions
• Mild vs Severe Allergic Reaction
• How to Use an Epinephrine Pen
• Difference Between Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest
• Fainting
• Diabetes and Low Blood Sugar
• Stroke
• Seizure

Injury Emergencies

• Bleeding
• Tourniquets
• Wounds
• Nosebleeds
• Tooth Injury
• Eye Injury
• Penetrating or Puncturing Injury
• Amputation
• Internal Bleeding
• Head, Neck and Spinal Injuries
• Broken Bones and Sprains
• Actions to Apply a Splint
• Burns and Electrical Injuries

Environmental Emergencies

• Bites and Stings
• Snake Bites
• Bee Stings
• Spider and Scorpion
• Heat Related Emergencies
• Heat Cramps
• Heat Exhaustion
• Heat Stroke
• Cold Related Emergencies
• Frostbite
• Hypothermia
• Poison Emergencies

Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid Course Outline

• Duties, Roles, and Responsibilities of the First Aid Rescuer
• Your Role as a First Aid Rescuer
• First Aid Action Plans
• Confidentiality
• Good Samaritan Laws
• 4 Key Steps of Pediatric First Aid
• Phoning for Help
• Universal Precautions
• Exposure to Blood or Other Body Fluids
• Removing Gloves
• Washing Hands
• How Children Act When Something is Wrong
• Interacting With an Ill or Injured Child
• Know When to Phone 911
• Finding the Problem
• What to Do If You Suspect Child Abuse

Illnesses and Injuries

• External Bleeding
• Dressing vs Bandage
• When to Call 911
• Bleeding Control
• Use a Tourniquet
• Shock
• Internal Bleeding
• Burns and Electrical Injuries
• Allergic Reactions
• Using an Epinephrine Pen
• Asthma
• Steps to Assemble and Use an Inhaler
• Dehydration
• Diabetes and Low Blood Sugar
• Heat Related Emergencies
• Heat Cramps
• Heat Exhaustion
• Heat Stroke
• Cold Related Emergencies
• Frostbite
• Drowning
• Amputations
• Bites and Stings
• Snakebites
• Bee Stings, Insect, and Spider Bites
• Tick Bites
• Marine Bites and Stings
• Broke Bones, Sprains, and Bruises
• Splinting
• Eye Injuries
• Nose Bleeds
• Fainting
• Fever
• Head, Neck, and Spinal Injuries
• Concussion
• Penetrating and Puncturing Injuries
• Poison Emergencies
• Seizure
• Mouth and Cheek Injuries
• Tooth Injuries
• Splinting