Basic First Aid

Basic First Aid Course Description

Safeguard CPR's ASHI Basic First Aid course in Alpharetta was created to help students develop basic first aid knowledge, skills and the confidence to respond. Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training'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*