First Aid and CPR Course (HLTH 1150)
Minneapolis Community & Technical College/ NAAC
Mon-Fri 11:52-12:42
Fall 2014 Course Syllabus
Instructor:
Phone:
Email:
Office:
Office Hours:
Josh Corrigan
612-668-1700
Josh.corrigan@mpls.k12.mn.us
Rm. 320
After school Mondays and Tuesdays until 3:30
Course Purpose:
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac,
breathing and first aid emergencies. This course teaches the skills needed to give immediate care to a suddenly
ill or injured person until advanced medical personnel arrive.
Course Objectives
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Describe how to recognize an emergency and activate the emergency medical services (EMS) system.
Identify how to reduce the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
Explain how to check a conscious or unconscious person for life-threatening and non-life-threatening
conditions.
Recognize the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.
Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency and describe how to care for a heart attack.
Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
Demonstrate how to provide CPR until emergency medical care arrives.
Demonstrate how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Demonstrate how to care for a person who is choking.
Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency and explain how to provide appropriate care.
Recognize life-threatening bleeding and demonstrate how to control it.
Recognize the signals of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries and demonstrate how to care for
them, including splinting.
Identify signals of head, neck and spinal injuries.
Recognize the signals of injuries to the chest, abdomen and pelvis and describe how to care for them.
Recognize the signals of sudden illness, including poisoning, bites and stings, and heat and cold emergencies
and describe how to care for them.
Required Course Materials:
You are required to have the following textbook and materials for this course:
1.
American Red Cross Responding to Emergencies: Comprehensive First Aid/CPR/AED textbook (2012)
2.
First Aid and CPR Training Kit
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Class Policies:
1. Attendance: For successful completion of this course, students are expected to attend and actively
participate in class.
2. Assignments and Tests: Assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of the class for full credit.
Online quizzes and in-class exams must be completed within the assigned times – no make-up of late
tests will be provided.
3. Emails: Please email me if you have questions regarding course content, assignments, policies, etc.
Email considerations:
a. Identification: In emails, identify yourself within the email and put Health 1150 or CPR/First Aid
Course in the subject line.
b. Access: I may email important notices to you individually and/or to the entire class, therefore
you must be able to access your email account.
4. Student Conduct and Expectations:
a. Treat everyone with respect and contribute to a positive learning environment.
b. Follow the policies and procedures detailed in this syllabus.
c. Any academic misconduct in accordance with MCTC policy 4.04.01 (plagiarism, cheating, etc.)
will result in failure of the assignment.
5. Instructor Conduct and Expectations:
a. To listen, engage and be respectful; to grade your work and not you as a person.
b. To be fair and implement the policies in this syllabus and at the college.
c. To respond to emails within 24-72 hours.
d. Finally, I expect and believe that each one of you will graduate.
Grading: Your final grade for this course is based on the total number of points accumulated for all assignments.
Grades will be awarded as follows:
Points Earned
92-100 % of the total possible points
and
Meet certification requirements.
81 -91% of the total possible points
(or more points but certification requirements not met)
71 - 80% of the total possible points
60 - 70% of the total possible
Less than 60% of the total possible points
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Grade
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Course Evaluation: Your course grade will be based on the following factors:
1. Knowledge (assignments, quizzes, exams) – 60%
2. Skill Demonstrations – 40%
Details about Course Evaluation:
1. Quizzes and Exams: There will be online quizzes consisting of multiple-choice and true-false questions;
each question is worth 1-point.The quizzes are generally available for a 1-week period and must be
completed during that time – missed quizzes cannot be made up.
In addition, there are 2, in-class final comprehensive written exams: CPR Final Exam and First Aid Final
Exam. For certification, students must pass each of the final exam components with a score of 80% or
greater. Students are expected to complete the final exams during the posted time period.
2. Skill Demonstrations and Participation: Throughout the semester, students will be asked to correctly
demonstrate skills taught in the course, a requirement for CPR/AED and First Aid certifications. Correct
demonstration of the skill means being able to successfully perform the skill from start to finish without
coaching. The required skills and demonstration dates are listed on the course agenda. There will be 2
make-up sessions scheduled per semester for missed skills. Make-up skills are awarded 50% of assigned
points. NOTE: Students will only be allowed to make-up skill demonstrations for 1 missed class.
Attendance and class participation are critical for successful completion of this course. Students are
expected to attend class, be on-time for class and actively participate in the discussions and in-class
activities. In addition, students are expected to bring their textbook to every class.
Course Schedule: The schedule of activities will evolve throughout the semester based on the chapters in the
textbook. The plan is to follow the order of the textbook topics with some minor adjustments as needed. The
instructor will provide weekly updates of topics to be covered and upcoming assignments.
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