Medic First Aid – Advanced First Aid

What Will You Learn?

• Emergency First Aid Care
• Recognizing an Emergency
• Deciding to Help
• Personal Safety – Using Barriers
• Assessing for Response
• The Mechanism for Spinal Injury
• Activating Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Basic Life-Supporting Skills
• Airway-Head-Tilt, Chin-Lift
• Clearing the airway – Long Roll
• Protecting the Airway – Recovery Position
• Breathing – Ventilation Mask
• Breathing – Ventilation Shield
• Circulation – Chest Compressions
• Initial Assessment
• Unresponsive Patient
• CPR for Cardiac Arrest
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Using an AED
• Bare, Prepare and Place Pads
• Basic AED Operation
• Troubleshooting Messages
• Other AED Considerations
• Control of Bleeding
• Managing Shock
• Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
• Ongoing Assessment
• Warning Signs of Serious Illness
• The Mechanism for Significant Injury
• Specific First Aid Problems