EMS-EMT7199 - Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer

Course Description

The primary purpose of the American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers course is to instruct those who have a duty to act (professional rescuers) in the knowledge and skills needed to respond appropriately to breathing and cardiac emergencies. This includes the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) to care for a victim experiencing cardiac arrest.

Course Outline

-The Professional Rescuer

Legal Considerations
Bloodborne Pathogens
Taking Action

-Cardiac Emergencies

Chain of Survival
Cardiac Arrest
CPR
AED
Response Team

-Breathing Emergencies

Recognition
Airway Obstructions
Oxygen
Suctioning

Learner Outcomes

CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers program benchmarks. The following are program objectives:
¦¦ Describe the characteristics and responsibilities of a professional rescuer.
¦¦ Explain how to fulfill the responsibilities of a professional rescuer.
¦¦ Define certain legal considerations and apply them to situations that a professional rescuer might encounter.
¦¦ Describe what standard precautions to take to prevent disease transmission when providing care.
¦¦ Demonstrate how to put on gloves.
¦¦ Demonstrate proper removal of disposable gloves.
¦¦ Identify items of concern when performing a scene size-up and forming an initial impression.
¦¦ Demonstrate how to perform a primary assessment for adults, children and infants, and place a victim in a recovery position.
¦¦ Identify victim conditions that indicate the need to summon emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.

¦¦ Understand how to safely and effectively move a victim on land.
¦¦ Demonstrate how to use a resuscitation mask.
¦¦ Recognize and care for a breathing emergency.
¦¦ Demonstrate how to safely and effectively give ventilations.
¦¦ Demonstrate how to safely and effectively use a bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator with two rescuers.
¦¦ Demonstrate how to safely and effectively care for an obstructed airway for a conscious and an unconscious victim.
¦¦ Demonstrate the ability to work as a team to perform emergency care.
¦¦ Identify the five links in the Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Chain of Survival, and identify the importance of each.
¦¦ Recognize the signs of a heart attack.
¦¦ Identify the steps for caring for a victim of a heart attack.
¦¦ Identify signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest.
¦¦ Demonstrate how to safely and effectively perform one-rescuer CPR and two-rescuer CPR.
¦¦ Demonstrate how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
¦¦ Identify precautions for using an AED.

Notes

The following existing add-on modules and trainings are an integral part of the 2017 CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers program:

? Administering Emergency Oxygen

? Bloodborne Pathogens Training

? Asthma Inhaler Training

? Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Auto-Injector Training

? First Aid for Public Safety Personnel to meet California Title 22 requirements

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Recommendations

The CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers course includes professional-level training to care for adults, children and infants suffering from breathing or cardiac emergencies. The following optional modules can be taught separately or added to any course and do not require participants to gain a CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers certification:
¦¦ Asthma Inhaler Training
¦¦ Epinephrine Auto-Injector Training
¦¦ Bloodborne Pathogens Training
¦¦ Administering Emergency Oxygen