Course Title

First Aid

Course Number

7227102

Instructor Name

Samah Ishtieh

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

Summer Semester 4
Second Semester 3
First Semester 2

Compulsory / Elective

Elective

This course is designed to prepare the student to take appropriate action in providing emergency first aid care to others until professional emergency responders arrive.

This course is designed to introduce both life threatening and non-life threatening medical scenarios and to instruct the student how to recognize and respond appropriately to each given situation.  Also to familiarize students with first aid which is the initial assistance ortreatment given to a person who isinjured or suddenly becomes ill.The course will include adult one-man CPR, use of an AED, rescue breathing and obstructed airway skills

At the end of this course students should be able to

1.To demonstrate how to perform an initial assessment on a patient.

2. Assess vitals for a patient.

3. Perform Heimlich maneuver.

4. Perform CPR

1. Lecture note

First Aid Fifth Edition, American College of Emergency Physicians

5. Use first aid devices appropriately.

6. Able to provide first aid.

1. Lecture note
2. First Aid Fifth Edition, American College of Emergency Physicians