HO 158 – Page 1
Date Approved:
2/7/90
Date Scanned:
5/19/2005
Date Inactivated
10/26/07
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: HO 158
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE First Responder Training
LECTURE HOURS: 8.0
LAB HOURS: 32.0
UNITS: 1.0
PREREQUISITE: None
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: None
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
no
CR/NC Only
Grade/CR/NC Option
NONE
Maximum Class Size 30
Max No. Units
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
This training course is developed in accordance with state and federal guidelines for training in
emergency medical care to those persons first responding to a medical emergency. This course
emphasizes development of skills in patient assessment and treatment.
NOTE: It is recommended that course participants have past training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
and basic first aid.
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate
some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or
skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include
objectives in the area of “critical thinking.” Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be
able to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Apply general first aid and CPR principles
Understand the Emergency Medical Services system
Use basic triage
Use airway and ventilation techniques
Understand the different obstetrical and emergency childbirth procedures
Perform extrication rescue techniques
COURSE OUTLINE:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
General First Aid Principles
CPR
Emergency Medical Services
System Orientation
Basic Triage
Airway and Ventilation Adjuncts
Obstetrical Emergencies and
Emergency Childbirth
Extrication/Rescue
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Lecture
Lab
50% (4.0 hrs.)
37.55% (12.0 hrs.)
25% 2.0 hrs.)
18.75% (6.0 hrs).
6.25% (.5 hrs.)
6.25% (.5 hrs.)
6.25% (.5 hrs.)
4.68% (1.5 hrs.)
4.68% (1.5 hrs.)
4.68% (1.5 hrs.)
6.25% (.5 hrs.)
4.68% (1.5 hrs.)
25% (8.0 hrs.)
HO 158 – Page 2
Date Approved:
2/7/90
Date Scanned:
5/19/2005
Date Inactivated
10/26/07
Total
100% (8.0 hrs.)
100% (32.0 hrs.)
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended,
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title
U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Required
Student Study Guide
Alternate
Edition
Current
Recommended
Author
National Highway Traffic Safety
Publisher Administration
Date Published 1989
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
Alternate text:
see attached
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or Branch
Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale-Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No. Request for Exception Attached
If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course, a Request for Exception form
must be completed and a rationale provided. This request for exception will be approved or denied by the
Curriculum Committee.
METHODS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
Please check where appropriate; however, a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why
substantial writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) _____
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify)____
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) ____________________________________
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Date Approved:
2/7/90
Date Scanned:
5/19/2005
Date Inactivated
10/26/07
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving activity or exercise
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify) ____________________________
COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to
independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and
assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc.
This course requires students to apply newly learned principles of emergency procedures to rapidly
changing problems. The student must be capable of analyzing and defining problems and quickly
formulate solutions to these problems.
HO 158 – Page 4
Date Approved:
2/7/90
Date Scanned:
5/19/2005
Date Inactivated
10/26/07
REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION
The Curriculum Committee Is authorized to determine the appropriateness of entrance skills and
requisites for any given course; to determine whether or not language and/or computational skills at the
associate degree level are essential to success in a given course; to determine what is “college level” in
learning skills, vocabulary, and in the ability to think critically and apply concepts; and to determine on a
case-by-case basis when any departure from the attached guidelines may be justified.
This form may also be used to provide justification for making a course repeatable.
To request an exception, provide the following information:
HO 158
Department and Course No.
First Responder Training
Course Title
NATURE OF THE EXEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE:
40 hours is the number of hours required by North Coast Emergency Medical Services.
First Responder Program: Alternate Text
A. First Aid: Emergency Medical Services
1.
Textbook: Mosby’s First Responder, Second Edition
2.
Authors: Richard L. Judd and Dwight D. Ponsell
3.
Publisher: C.V. Mosby Company
B. Workbook: Mosby’s First Responder, Second Edition
1.
Authors: James A. Gosselin and Paul Winfield Smith
2.
Publisher: C.V. Mosby Company