HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
PHED 1306
INSTRUCTOR
BETTY SMITH
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
1. Recognize a problem that interferes with normal life. Knowing instantly that the present
situation is not normal. Seeing that a traumatic or stressful condition is present and acting
accordingly.
2. Check the area for the cause of the situation, the number of persons involved, and if
danger is present. Call for emergency care whether in the home, the workplace, or on the
street. Make assessment of the victim’s problem or injury. Knowing that emergency
help is also needed for sudden illnesses (heart attacks, strokes, asthma, allergic
reactions, diseases, seizures, diabetic emergencies, abdominal distresses), heat and cold
emergencies, behavioral emergencies and emergency childbirth.
3. Perform CPR on adult, child and infant. Knowing how to differentiate among the ages
and perform proper skills for each. Get the circulation and breathing back in order to
sustain life. The victim will show signs of life.
4. Use a difribulator – which is actually jump starting the heart. Remember not to use a
difribulator on a child that weights less than 55 lbs. Proper use and care of the equipment.
A difribulator should be placed in every workplace, business, church, shopping mall,
home where a victim of congestive heart failure is present, school, nursing homes,
hospices, and with the health care providers.
5. Rinder aid to the injured: Control bleeding of an open wound, splinting a fracture
whether on an adult, child, or infant, treating eye injuries, and treating the various kinds
of burns. Knowing the different types of burns and how to treat each one in particular.
6. Rinder aid to a person suffering from a poisoning and how to determine the type of
poisoning, diarrhea, rape, and psychological situations.
7. Know the true value of proper first aid knowledge and skills. Performing the skills
without being afraid or doubtful. By-standers will not be a hinder.
8. Be aware that a first aider is covered by the Good Samaritan Law when he/she is properly
skilled and not seeking any type of reward for the services rendered. The rescuer provides
the aid from the goodness of their heart.
The successful student will receive the first aid, CPR, and AED cards.
GRADES
TEST I + TEST II + TEST III + RESEARCH PAPER + FIRST AID SKILLS +
PARTICIPATION / 4 = DAILY GRADE
TEST IV is the FINAL = 2 PARTS (1/2 written and ½ skills CPR only) / 2 = Score on
Final Test
FINAL GRADE = DAILY GRADE + SCORE ON FINAL TEST / 2 = GRADE THAT
GOES ON RECORD
Scale:
100 – 90 = A
80 – 89 = B
70 – 79 = C
60 – 69 = C
69 and Below = F
CONFERENCE
After or before each class meeting.
Cell Phone: (713) 718-5435
e-mail: bettyavery@juno.com
Or
betty.smith@hccs.edu