Chabot College
Fall 2004
Course Outline for Health 61
FIRST RESPONDER
Catalog Description:
Health 61 – First Responder
2.5 Units
Development of knowledge and skills necessary for recognizing and caring for emergency situations,
including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, prevention disease transmission, and automated external
defibrillation. Designed for first responders in an emergency. Successful completion of the knowledge
and skills tests qualifies for a National Safety Council First Responder Certificate and Professional
Rescuer CPR card. 2 hours lecture, 2 hours of laboratory.
[Typical contact hours: lecture 35, laboratory 35]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcome of Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
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explain how the Emergency Medical Services(EMS) system works and how the first responders
role in the EMS system differs from the citizen responder role;
identify guidelines to follow to ensure personal safety and the safety of others at an emergency
scene;
explain what happens in the body if one or more body systems fail to function;
identify ways in which diseases are transmitted and describe the universal safety precautions to
prevent transmission;
explain the four emergency action principals;
identify breathing emergencies such as choking, and provide proper care for them;
identify life-threatening bleeding, and demonstrate how to control it;
identify the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and injury, and describe how to control
them;
identify the signs and symptoms of a possible heart attack and describe how to care for someone
who is experiencing persistent chest pain and/or other signs and symptoms of heart attack;
identify the signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest, and demonstrate how to provide
cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) for the infant, child, and adult;
identify the breathing devices and demonstrate how to use them;
identify the signs and symptoms of shock and describe how to minimize the effects of shock;
identify the signs and symptoms of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries and
demonstrate how to care for them;
identify the signs and symptoms of medical emergencies including: poisonings, heat and cold
emergencies, and strokes, and describe both general and specific care for medical emergencies;
identify emergency care needs of special populations;
describe the care of pregnant women to include child birth and care of the newborn;
identify situations that require crisis intervention;
identify the correct process for gaining access and moving patients;
describe the process for managing multiple casualty incidents;
identify situations that require automated external defibrillation;
identify the importance of healthy life styles, to include illness and injury prevention.
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The first responder and the emergency medical system
The emergency scene
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Course Outline for Health 61, page 2
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Human body systems
Preventing disease transmission
Establishing priorities of care; to include primary and secondary survey, respiratory emergencies,
breathing adjuncts, cardiac emergencies, bleeding and shock
Traumatic Injuries
Medical emergencies
Special situations to include pediatric patients, elderly patients, physically or mentally challenged
patients
Childbirth
Crisis intervention to include specific emotional crisis, stages of grief, critical incident stress
debriefing
Reaching and moving patients
Multi-casualty incidents
Automated external defibrillation
Healthy lifestyles and prevention of illness and injury
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Lecture/discussion
Skills demonstration
Typical Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
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Typical Assignments
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Move a patient using a stretcher
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Use the automated external defibrillator to defibrillate a “patient.”
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Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
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Periodic quizzes
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Skills testing
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midterm and final
Textbook(s)(typical)
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National Safety Council “First Responder,” Third Edition, Alton Thygerson, Jones & Bartlett
Publishers, 2001
National Safety Council “First Responder Workbook,” Third Edition, Alton Thygerson, Jones &
Bartlett Publishers, 2001
Special Student Materials:
Adult face mask for CPR
BP:al
Revised: 10/15/03